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Politics & Finance in the Eighteenth Century.

by Sutherland, Lucy; Newman, Aubrey.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookDescription: 1 online resource (606 pages).ISBN: 9780826426093; .Subject(s): Finance -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century;Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century.;Politics and government | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Lucy Sutherland as Historian -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- I: Business Records and the Law Merchant -- 1 The Use of Business Records in the Study of History -- 2 The Law Merchant in England -- II: The City of London and Politics -- 3 The City of London in Eighteenth-Century Politics -- 4 The City of London and the Devonshire-Pitt Administration, 1756-7 -- 5 The City of London and the Opposition to Government, 1768-1774. A Study in the Rise of Metropolitan Radicalism -- III: The East India Company and Politics -- 6 The East India Company in Eighteenth-Century Politics -- 7 The East India Company and the Peace of Paris -- 8 Lord Shelburne and East India Company Politics, 1766-9 -- 9 Lord Macartney's Appointment as Governor of Madras, 1780: The Treasury in East India Company Elections -- 10 A Letter from John Stewart, Secretary and Judge Advocate of Bengal, 1773 -- 11 New Evidence on the Nandakuma Trial -- 12 The Resignation on Behalf of Warren Hastings, 1776: George Vansittart's Evidence -- IV: Edmund Burke -- 13 Edmund Burke and Relations between Members of Parliament and their Constituents -- 14 Edmund Burke and the First Rockingham Ministry -- 15 The East India Speculations of William Burke -- V: Merchants and Financiers -- 16 The Accounts of an Eighteenth-Century Merchant: the Portuguese Ventures of William Braund -- 17 Samson Gideon: Eighteenth-Century Jewish Financier -- 18 Samson Gideon and the Reduction of Interest, 1749-50 -- 19 Henry Fox as Paymaster General of the Forces -- 20 Sir George Colebrooke's World Corner in Alum, 1771-73 -- VI: Junius -- 21 Junius and Philip Francis: New Evidence -- VII: Eighteenth-Century Oxford -- 22 The University of Oxford in the Eighteenth Century: A Reconsideration.
23 The Origin and Early History of the Lord Almoner's Professorship in Arabic at Oxford -- 24 The Foundation of Worcester College, Oxford -- 25 William Blackstone and the Legal Chairs at Oxford -- 26 The Last of the Servitors -- 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.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Lucy Sutherland as Historian -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- I: Business Records and the Law Merchant -- 1 The Use of Business Records in the Study of History -- 2 The Law Merchant in England -- II: The City of London and Politics -- 3 The City of London in Eighteenth-Century Politics -- 4 The City of London and the Devonshire-Pitt Administration, 1756-7 -- 5 The City of London and the Opposition to Government, 1768-1774. A Study in the Rise of Metropolitan Radicalism -- III: The East India Company and Politics -- 6 The East India Company in Eighteenth-Century Politics -- 7 The East India Company and the Peace of Paris -- 8 Lord Shelburne and East India Company Politics, 1766-9 -- 9 Lord Macartney's Appointment as Governor of Madras, 1780: The Treasury in East India Company Elections -- 10 A Letter from John Stewart, Secretary and Judge Advocate of Bengal, 1773 -- 11 New Evidence on the Nandakuma Trial -- 12 The Resignation on Behalf of Warren Hastings, 1776: George Vansittart's Evidence -- IV: Edmund Burke -- 13 Edmund Burke and Relations between Members of Parliament and their Constituents -- 14 Edmund Burke and the First Rockingham Ministry -- 15 The East India Speculations of William Burke -- V: Merchants and Financiers -- 16 The Accounts of an Eighteenth-Century Merchant: the Portuguese Ventures of William Braund -- 17 Samson Gideon: Eighteenth-Century Jewish Financier -- 18 Samson Gideon and the Reduction of Interest, 1749-50 -- 19 Henry Fox as Paymaster General of the Forces -- 20 Sir George Colebrooke's World Corner in Alum, 1771-73 -- VI: Junius -- 21 Junius and Philip Francis: New Evidence -- VII: Eighteenth-Century Oxford -- 22 The University of Oxford in the Eighteenth Century: A Reconsideration.

23 The Origin and Early History of the Lord Almoner's Professorship in Arabic at Oxford -- 24 The Foundation of Worcester College, Oxford -- 25 William Blackstone and the Legal Chairs at Oxford -- 26 The Last of the Servitors -- 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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2019. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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