An Imperial State at War by Lawrence Stone
The study of eighteenth century history has been transformed by the writings of John Brewer, and most recently, with The Sinews of Power, he challenged the central concepts of British history. Brewer argues that the power of the British state increased dramatically when it was forced to pay the costs of war in defence of her growing empire. In An Imperial State at War, edited by Lawrence Stone (himself no stranger to controversy), the leading historians of the eighteenth century put the Brewer thesis under the spotlight. Like the Sinews of Power itself, this is a major advance in the study of Britain's first empire.`.. marvellous volume. ... This volume, however, is far more than a set of papers on the `fiscal-military state'. It is a guide to the recent thought about the pattern and structure of the British state and the British empire in jthe eighteenth century. Its importance can scarcely be exaggerated.' - History Today
Stone, Lawrence: - Lawrence Stone was educated at Charterhouse School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was a lecturer at University College, Oxford, from 1947 to 1950, and a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, from 1950 to 1963. Since 1963 be has been Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University, and Director of the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, also at Princeton, since 1969. Professor Stone has contributed numerous articles to learned journals and periodicals. His published works include The Causes of the English Revolution, 1529-1642, Crisis of the Aristocracy, 1558-1641, and (editor) Schooling and Society. He is also author of Sculpture in Britain: The Middle Ages, published in The Pelican History of Art series.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415061421 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415061423 |
| Title | An Imperial State at War |
| Author | Lawrence Stone |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1993-12-16 |
| Number of pages | 382 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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