Nearly forty years ago, Sir Lewis Namier's studies showed that
there were no organized national political parties in England
during the middle of the eighteenth century, and historians have
assumed that much the same statement could be made about het period
from 1780's to the 1830's. Professor Ginter questions that
assumption, and demonstrates that the origins of modern British
electoral organization and political parties can be dated at about
the end of the American War. The papers of William Adam at
Blair Adam reveal that the tone and techniques of opposition
politics began to undergo a fundamental change during the 1780's.
In these years the Whig Opposition was unified under the leadership
of the Duke of Portland and Chales James Fox, and it developed a
surprisingly extensive political orientation. The party broke out
of the restrictive parliamentary orientation that had heretofore
characterize opposition politics and turned ot the country a large
for support of its program and personnel. By 1790 British general
elections were no longer contested exclusively by individuals and
ad hoc committees, Adam, the party's political manager, in
collaboration with the Duke of Portland, directed the general
election campaign of 1790 from offices in Burlington House, and
sent party agents and funds into those constituencies in which
candidates had decided to stand a contest, but also expended funds
in an effort to secure new seats for party members unable to find a
likely constituency through their own efforts. The present volume,
a selection from the family papers at Blair Adam, fully
demonstrates the extent and quality fo the electoral organization
of the Whig Opposition. This title is part of UC Press's
Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California
Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and
give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to
1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship
accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title
was originally published in 1967.
General
| Imprint: |
University of California Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 2022 |
| First published: |
1967 |
| Authors: |
Donald E. Ginter
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
436 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-520-30637-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-520-30637-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780520306370 |
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