The sense of the people
Subtitle: politics, culture, and imperialism in England, 1715-1785
By: Kathleen Wilson.
Series: Past and present publications
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 460
Subjects: Politics and culture -- England -- History -- 18th century.; City and town life -- England -- History -- 18th century.; Imperialism -- Public opinion -- History -- 18th century.; Political culture -- England -- History -- 18th century.; Public opinion -- England -- History -- 18th century.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century.
Description: The people, the empire, the political subject: all three were contentious issues in the politics and culture of eighteenth-century English cities. This study explores how these three issues came to occupy central roles in the wide-ranging political cultures of English towns between the Hanoverian Succession and the American war, enabling a variety of groups outside the structures of the state to claim a stake in national affairs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale.