The Dynamics of Change: The Crisis of the 1750s and English Party Systems

by J.C.D. Clark

Book Overview

It is often assumed that Sir Lewis Namier and Sir Herbert Butterfield demolished the 'Whig interpretation of history'. In fact, much was allowed to remain standing by their failure to offer a new synthesis of English party politics. In this book Dr Clark provides the key component for such a new synthesis by a detailed exposition of the crisis of the 1750s, which was instrumental in the destruction of the party system and the emergence of new practices...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521525969
• ISBN13: 9780521525961
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 636 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"