The Useful Cobbler: Edmund Burke and the Politics of Progress

By James Conniff

Book Overview

Neither a polemic nor a highly specialized study, this book is a comprehensive assessment of Burke's political thought. Using evidence from such neglected sources as Burke's essays on history and law and making full use of his extensive correspondence, the author places Burke in the context of developments in a number of areas of eighteenth-century British intellectual life, ranging from philosophy to literature, and presents him as a key figure in the evolution of the theory and practice of representative government.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791418448
• ISBN13: 9780791418444
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 363 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher