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This book examines the governance of British America in the period prior to the American Revolution. Focusing upon the career of George Montagu Dunk, Second Earl of Halifax and First Lord of the Board of Trade & Plantations (1716-1771), it explores colonial planners and policy-makers during the...
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| Zusammenfassung: | This book examines the governance of British America in the period prior to the American Revolution. Focusing upon the career of George Montagu Dunk, Second Earl of Halifax and First Lord of the Board of Trade & Plantations (1716-1771), it explores colonial planners and policy-makers during the political hiatus between the age of Walpole and the subsequent age of imperial crisis. As ambitious metropolitan politicians vied for ministerial dominance, Halifax's board played a vital role in shaping British perceptions of its growing empire. A repository of information and intelligence, the board offered Halifax the opportunity to establish his own niche interest, for the good of the empire and himself alike. Challenging the view that Britain's attitude towards its American colonies was one of ignorance compounded by complacency, this study explores those charged directly with governing America, from the imperial centre to its westward peripheries: the governors entrusted with maintaining the royal prerogative, and implementing reform. Between 1748 and 1761, Halifax sought to reform the America from a motley assortment of territories into an ordered, uniform asset of the imperial nation-state. Exploring the governors themselves reveals a complex, modern network of professional and personal loyalties, bound together through mutual self-interest under Halifax's leadership. Confronted by the Seven Years' War, Halifax saw his plans and followers dissipate in the face of global conflict, the results of which established British America, and also sowed the seeds of its eventual destruction in 1776. |
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| spelling | Beaumont, Andrew D. M. (Andrew David Michael), 1980- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjDbPF8GY6MhPXcpjFbprm http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009145104 Colonial America and the Earl of Halifax, 1748-1761 / Andrew D.M. Beaumont. Corby : Oxford University Press, 2014. 1 online resource (288 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Oxford Historical Monographs This book examines the governance of British America in the period prior to the American Revolution. Focusing upon the career of George Montagu Dunk, Second Earl of Halifax and First Lord of the Board of Trade & Plantations (1716-1771), it explores colonial planners and policy-makers during the political hiatus between the age of Walpole and the subsequent age of imperial crisis. As ambitious metropolitan politicians vied for ministerial dominance, Halifax's board played a vital role in shaping British perceptions of its growing empire. A repository of information and intelligence, the board offered Halifax the opportunity to establish his own niche interest, for the good of the empire and himself alike. Challenging the view that Britain's attitude towards its American colonies was one of ignorance compounded by complacency, this study explores those charged directly with governing America, from the imperial centre to its westward peripheries: the governors entrusted with maintaining the royal prerogative, and implementing reform. Between 1748 and 1761, Halifax sought to reform the America from a motley assortment of territories into an ordered, uniform asset of the imperial nation-state. Exploring the governors themselves reveals a complex, modern network of professional and personal loyalties, bound together through mutual self-interest under Halifax's leadership. Confronted by the Seven Years' War, Halifax saw his plans and followers dissipate in the face of global conflict, the results of which established British America, and also sowed the seeds of its eventual destruction in 1776. Print version record. ""Cover""; ""Colonial America and the Earl of Halifax, 1748â€?1761""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction: Adventure Capitalists""; ""1: An Ambitious Man, 1716â€?48""; ""2: The Board of Trade, 1748â€?49""; ""3: The Means to an End, 1749â€?52""; ""4: The Company, 1752â€?54""; ""5: The Perfect Storm, 1753â€?54""; ""6: The Albany Moment, 1753â€?55""; ""7: The Commanders-in-Chief, 1754â€?56""; ""8: Conflict, 1756â€?58""; ""9: The Star of the Hour, 1758â€?63""; ""10: Coda, 1761â€?71""; ""Bibliography""; ""PRIMARY SOURCES"" Public opinion Great Britain History 18th century. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140139 Opinion publique Grande-Bretagne Histoire 18e siècle. États-Unis Histoire 1775-1783 (Révolution) HISTORY Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) bisacsh HISTORY North America. bisacsh Public opinion fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq Great Britain fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) fast (OCoLC)fst01351668 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB989PWKg6VGKmH6MwK 1700-1799 fast History fast has work: Colonial America and the Earl of Halifax, 1748-1761 (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCG8dj4vCqR9WgYXht9tCw3 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Beaumont, Andrew D.M. Colonial America and the Earl of Halifax, 1748-1761 9780198723974 (OCoLC)880557625 Oxford historical monographs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42018403 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=852128 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Beaumont, Andrew D. M. (Andrew David Michael), 1980- Colonial America and the Earl of Halifax, 1748-1761 / Oxford historical monographs. ""Cover""; ""Colonial America and the Earl of Halifax, 1748â€?1761""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction: Adventure Capitalists""; ""1: An Ambitious Man, 1716â€?48""; ""2: The Board of Trade, 1748â€?49""; ""3: The Means to an End, 1749â€?52""; ""4: The Company, 1752â€?54""; ""5: The Perfect Storm, 1753â€?54""; ""6: The Albany Moment, 1753â€?55""; ""7: The Commanders-in-Chief, 1754â€?56""; ""8: Conflict, 1756â€?58""; ""9: The Star of the Hour, 1758â€?63""; ""10: Coda, 1761â€?71""; ""Bibliography""; ""PRIMARY SOURCES"" Public opinion Great Britain History 18th century. Opinion publique Grande-Bretagne Histoire 18e siècle. HISTORY Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) bisacsh HISTORY North America. bisacsh Public opinion fast |
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| title_exact_search | Colonial America and the Earl of Halifax, 1748-1761 / |
| title_full | Colonial America and the Earl of Halifax, 1748-1761 / Andrew D.M. Beaumont. |
| title_fullStr | Colonial America and the Earl of Halifax, 1748-1761 / Andrew D.M. Beaumont. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Colonial America and the Earl of Halifax, 1748-1761 / Andrew D.M. Beaumont. |
| title_short | Colonial America and the Earl of Halifax, 1748-1761 / |
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| topic | Public opinion Great Britain History 18th century. Opinion publique Grande-Bretagne Histoire 18e siècle. HISTORY Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) bisacsh HISTORY North America. bisacsh Public opinion fast |
| topic_facet | Public opinion Great Britain History 18th century. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783. Opinion publique Grande-Bretagne Histoire 18e siècle. États-Unis Histoire 1775-1783 (Révolution) HISTORY Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) HISTORY North America. Public opinion United States Great Britain History |
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