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Cornwallis : soldier and statesman in a revolutionary world / Richard Middleton.
LIBRA DA506.C8 M53 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Middleton, Richard, 1941- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805.
- Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis.
- Soldiers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- Generals--Great Britain--Biography.
- Generals.
- Governors general--India--Biography.
- Governors general.
- Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- Great Britain--History--George III, 1760-1820.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Colonies--Administration.
- Great Britain--History, Military--18th century.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography.
- United States.
- India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947--Biography.
- India.
- British colonies.
- Colonies--Administration.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 423 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- Charles, First Marquis of Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a leading figure in late eighteenth-century Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the building of the Second British Empire in India-and he has long been associated with the unacceptable face of Britain's colonial past. In this vivid new biography, Richard Middleton shows that this portrait is far from accurate. Cornwallis emerges as a reformer who had deep empathy for those under his authority, and was clear about his obligation to govern justly. He sought to protect the population of Bengal with a constitution of written laws, insisted on Catholic emancipation in Ireland, and recognized the limitations of British power after the American war. Middleton reveals how Cornwallis' rewarding of merit, search for economy, and elimination of corruption helped improve the machinery of British government into the nineteenth century.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I AMERICA
- ch. 1 An Irresistible Impulse
- ch. 2 The Call of Duty
- ch. 3 Implementing Britain's Southern Strategy
- ch. 4 Taking the War to the Enemy
- ch. 5 Reckoning at Yorktown
- pt. II INDIA
- ch. 6 The Search for a New Role
- ch. 7 Governor-General of Bengal
- ch. 8 Setting the Agenda
- ch. 9 The Programme Gathers Pace
- ch. 10 An Unwelcome War
- ch. 11 Clipping Tipu's Wings
- ch. 12 Completing the Mission
- pt. III EUROPE
- ch. 13 Minister of the Crown
- ch. 14 Bringing Peace to Ireland
- ch. 15 Attempting Peace with France
- ch. 16 Last Call.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-402) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780300196801
- 0300196806
- OCLC:
- 1261305606
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