Edmund Burke. Volume 1, 1730-1784 / F.P. Lock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lock, F. P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political scientists--Great Britain--Biography.

Political scientists.

Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography.

Statesmen.

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

Great Britain.

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.

Burke, Edmund.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (613 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Regarded as the 'father of conservatism', Edmund Burke was one of the most versatile and accomplished thinkers of the eighteenth century. The first volume of F.P. Lock's acclaimed biography covers his Irish upbringing, early writing, and his parliamentary career throughout the momentous years of the American War of Independence. - ;Edmund Burke (1730-1797) was one of the most profound,versatile, and accomplished thinkers of the eighteenth century. Born and educated in Dublin, he moved to London to study law, but remained to make a career in English politics, completing A Philosophical Enquiry

Contents:

Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; 1. Growing Up Irish, 1730-1744; 2. From a Boy to a Man, 1744-1750; 3. Getting Started, 1750-1757; 4. A Philosophical Enquiry, 1757; 5. Maps of Mankind, 1756-1758; 6. Journalist and Jackal, 1758-1765; 7. Gleams of Prosperity, 1765-1768; 8. Present Discontents, 1768-1770; 9. Squalls and Stagnation, 1770-1773; 10. America and Bristol, 1774-1776; 11. Waiting on Events, 1776-1779; 12. Shears or Hatchets, 1779-1781; 13. Paradise Lost, 1781-1784; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-155156-2

9786612053153

1-282-05315-9

OCLC:

437115796