The Sense of the People: Politics, Culture and Imperialism in England, 1715-1785

by Kathleen Wilson

Book Overview

This exciting study demonstrates the central role of the people, the empire, and the citizen in eighteenth-century English popular politics. Pioneering in its focus on provincial towns, its attention to the imperial contexts of urban politics and its use of a rich and diverse array of sources--from newspapers, prints and plays to pottery and tea-cloths--it shows how the wide-ranging political culture of English towns attuned ordinary men and women...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521340721
• ISBN13: 9780521340724
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.5"