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Auteur(s) : Beaumont, Andrew David Michael (1980-....)
Titre(s) : Colonial America and the Earl of Halifax, 1748-1761 [Texte imprimé] / Andrew D.M. Beaumont
Publication : Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (ix-248 p.) ; 22 cm
Collection : Oxford Historical Monographs
Lien à la collection : Oxford historical monographs
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Bibliogr. p. [230]-241. Index
This book examines the governance of British America in the period prior to the American
Revolution. Focusing upon the career of George Montagu Dunk, Second Earl of Halifax
and First Lord of the Board of Trade 悕antations (1716-1771), it explores colonial
planners and policy-makers during the political hiatus between the age of Walpole
and the subsequent age of imperial crisis. As ambitious metropolitan politicians vied
for ministerial dominance, Halifax's board played a vital role in shaping British
perceptions of its growing empire. A repository of information and intelligence, the
board offered Halifax the opportunity to establish his own niche interest, for the
good of the empire and himself alike. 0Challenging the view that Britain's attitude
towards its American colonies was one of ignorance compounded by complacency, this
study explores those charged directly with governing America, from the imperial centre
to its westward peripheries: the governors entrusted with maintaining the royal prerogative,
and implementing reform. Between 1748 and 1761, Halifax sought to reform the America
from a motley assortment of territories into an ordered, uniform asset of the imperial
nation-state. Exploring the governors themselves reveals a complex, modern network
of professional and personal loyalties, bound together through mutual self-interest
under Halifax's leadership.0Confronted by the Seven Years' War, Halifax saw his plans
and followers dissipate in the face of global conflict, the results of which established
British America, and also sowed the seeds of its eventual destruction in 1776
Sujet(s) : Halifax, George Montagu Dunk (1716-1771 ; comte de)
Colonies -- Grande-Bretagne -- Amérique -- Administration
États-Unis -- 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Genre ou forme : Biographies
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780198723974. - ISBN 0198723970
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43833610k
Notice n° :
FRBNF43833610
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