On Empire, Liberty, and Reform: Speeches and Letters

by Edmund Burke

Book Overview

The great British statesman Edmund Burke had a genius for political argument, and his impassioned speeches and writings shaped English public life in the second half of the eighteenth century. This anthology of Burke's speeches, letters, and pamphlets, selected, introduced, and annotated by David Bromwich, shows Burke to be concerned with not only preserving but also reforming the British empire.

Bromwich includes eighteen works of Burke, all...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300081472
• ISBN13: 9780300081473
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.2"