Edmund Burke
Subtitle: his life and legacy
By: Ian Crowe, editor.
Contributors: Crowe, Ian.
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Dublin, Ireland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.; Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Political scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Orators -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Published in the U.S. under the title: The enduring Edmund Burke : bicentennial essays.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : principles and circumstances / Ian Crowe; title: History. Edmund Burke and British views of the American Revolution : a conflict over rights of sovereignty / Peter J. Stanlis ; Burke and India / P.J. Marshall ; Rereading the French Revolution : Burke and the paradoxes of history / Steven Blakemore ; Burke's Irish views and writings / L.M. Cullen; title: Reputation. Edmund Burke and the Conservative Party in the nineteenth century / James Sack ; The influence of Burke's writings in Post-Revolutionary France / Yves Chiron ; 'Setting people on thinking' : Burke's legacy in the debate on Irish affairs / Conor Cruise O'Brien; title: Principles. The political economy of Edmund Burke / Norman Barry ; Edmund Burke's philosophy of rights / Joseph Pappin III ; An empire of peoples : Burke, government and national character / Bruce Frohnen; title: Applications. The relevance of Edmund Burke / Robert Rhodes James ; Edmund Burke and the politicians / Michael Gove ; Burke after the Cold War : bourgeois triumphalist or Cassandra? / Mark Almond ; Edmund Burke and the British Constitution / Jim McCue ; Edmund Burke and New Labour / Lord Plant of Highfield ; Edmund Burke and modern conservatism / John Redwood ; Edmund Burke and contemporary American conservatism / Mark C. Henrie.