Edmund Burke, 1729-1797: A Bibliography

by Leonard W. Cowie

Although he held only minor offices in Parliament, politician and political writer Edmund Burke strongly affected contemporary opinion, and his ideas had a profound impact on the future. He supported the American colonists in their quarrel with Britain, played a conspicuous part in the impeachment of Warren Hastings for alleged misgovernment in India, and advocated religious toleration, the abolition of the slave trade, and other reforms. A bibliography...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313287104
• ISBN13: 9780313287107
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"