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The Townshend Moment : The Making of Empire and Revolution in the Eighteenth Century / Patrick Griffin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Griffin, Patrick, Author.
- Series:
- The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767.
- Townshend, Charles.
- Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807.
- Townshend, George Townshend.
- Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Great Britain.
- Ireland--History--18th century.
- Ireland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (355 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2017]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- The captivating story of two British brothers whose attempts to reform an empire helped to incite rebellion and revolution in America and insurgency and reform in Ireland Patrick Griffin chronicles the attempts of brothers Charles and George Townshend to control the forces of history in the heady days after Britain's mythic victory over France in the mid-eighteenth century, and the historic and unintended consequences of their efforts. As British chancellor of the exchequer in 1767, Charles Townshend instituted fiscal policy that served as a catalyst for American rebellion against the Crown, while his brother George's actions at the same moment as lord lieutenant of Ireland politicized the kingdom, leading to Irish legislative independence. This fascinating study is the first to consider as a linked history the influence of two all-but-forgotten brothers, both of whom rose to national prominence in the same year. Griffin vividly reconstructs the many worlds the Townshends moved through and explores how their shared conception of an empire that could harness the wealth of America to the manpower of Ireland initiated an age of revolution.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: Raynham Revisited
- Act 1. Making Empire
- Act 2. Britain's Imperial Reckonings
- Act 3. Charles Townshend's America
- Act 4. George Townshend's Ireland
- Act 5. Making Revolution
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 0-300-23114-8
- OCLC:
- 1007823336
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