Revisiting the polite and commercial people : essays in Georgian politics, society, and culture in honour of professor Paul Langford / edited by Elaine Chalus and Perry Gauci.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chalus, Elaine, editor.

Gauci, Perry, editor.

Langford, Paul, 1945- honouree.

UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--George II, 1727-1760.

Great Britain.

History.

Great Britain--History--1760-1789.

Great Britain--History--1789-1820.

Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century.

Politics and government.

Great Britain--Civilization--18th century.

Civilization.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

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Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Revisiting the polite & commercial people

Place of Publication:

Oxford : New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

System Details:

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Contents:

Cover; Revisiting The Polite and Commercial People: Essays in Georgian Politics, Society, and Culture in Honour of Professor Paul Langford; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction: Paul Langford (1945-2015); THE ORIGINS OF A POLITE AND COMMERCIAL PEOPLE; THE RECEPTION OF A POLITE AND COMMERCIAL PEOPLE; REVISITING THE POLITE AND COMMERCIAL PEOPLE; POLITICS; SOCIETY AND CULTURE; ENGLAND, BRITAIN, AND THE WORLD; PART I: POLITICS

1: The Public Life and Death of a Propertied, but Artificial Person: The Divestment of the Royal African Company and a Reconciliation of Parliamentary Supremacy and the Sanctity of Property, 1747-1752DEATH BY STATUTE; THE ROYAL AFRICAN COMPANY; 2: East Meets West: John Paterson and the Politics of Improvement in Georgian London; A SOUND JUDGEMENT, AMIABLE MANNERS, AND A PERSEVERING DISPOSITION; THE BATTLES OF BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE; CONCLUSION; 3: Parliament Observed: The Gallery of the Old House of Commons; AN ANTIQUE AND NARROW CRIB; STRANGERS AND SISTERS; TROUBLE, FATIGUE, AND HUMILIATIONS

WHAT A THEATRE IS THE HOUSE OF COMMONS!4: The Sailor, the Lover, the Husband, and the King: Images of William IV and Change and Continuity in Visual Representations of Elite English Society, 1765-1837; RECENT WORKS; APPROACHING WILLIAM IV; MARRIAGE TO ADELAIDE; THE REFORM BILL CRISIS; CONCLUSION; PART II: SOCIETY AND CULTURE; 5: The City of London in the Eighteenth Century: Corporate Pressures and their Consequences; CORPORATE PRESSURES; Indebtedness; Erratic Property Returns; Declining or Uncertain Membership; The Office-Holding Dilemma; THE CONSEQUENCES; Trade Controls

Treatment of DissentersCorruption; Local Government; Public Improvements; Politics; CONCLUSION; 6: Fantasy, Speculation, and the British State Lottery in the Eighteenth Century; 7: A Devout and Commercial People: Religion and Trade in Manchester during the Long Eighteenth Century; 8: Antiquarian Transformations in Historical Scholarship: The History of Domesticity from Joseph Strutt to Thomas Wright; CONCLUSION; PART III: ENGLAND, BRITAIN, AND THE WORLD; 9: A Polite and Commercial People in the Caribbean: The British in St Vincent; 10: British Imperial Policy and the American Revolution

Acknowledgements11: The Harcourts: Anglo-French Relations in a Time of Revolution; 12: Becoming an Englishwoman: Gender, Politeness, and Identity in the Age of Revolutions; AN EDUCATION IN POLITENESS; BECOMING AN ENGLISHWOMAN; CONCLUSION; Acknowledgements; PART IV: AFTERWORD; 13: Polite and Commercial's Twin: Public Life and the Propertied Englishman 1689-1798; A Bibliography of the Major Works of Paul Langford; BOOKS; EDITED WORKS; ARTICLES; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Print version: Revisiting the polite and commercial people. Essays in Georgian politics, society, and culture in honour of professor Paul Langford.

ISBN:

9780191840937

0191840939

9780192523631

0192523635

Publisher Number:

40029112353

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