The great melody
Subtitle: a thematic biography and commented anthology of Edmund Burke
By: Conor Cruise O'Brien.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 692
Subjects: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797; Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography; Political scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Orators -- Great Britain -- Biography; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820
Description: Statesman, political thinker, orator and ardent campaigner, Edmund Burke is considered a father of modern conservatism. His ideas helped shape modern history in debates ranging from the French and American Revolutions to the abolition of the slave trade.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: label: List of Illustrations
title: vii; label: Acknowledgements
title: ix; label: Note on Sources
title: xvii; label: Preface
title: xix; label: Introduction
title: xxxi; label: Ireland 1729-1780
title: 1; label: American Colonies 1765-1778
title: 87; label: American Colonies, Ireland 1778-1783
title: 173; label: India 1767-1791
title: 255; label: France 1789-1791
title: 385; label: France, Ireland, India 1791-1797
title: 459; label: Epilogue
title: 593; label: Appendix
title: 605; label: General Index
title: 619; label: Thematic Index
title: 681