Britain and the French Revolution 0582369614, 9780582369610

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Britain and the French Revolution

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SEMINAR STUDtES

Britain and the French Revolution CLIVE EMSLEY

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first published 2000 by Pearson Education Limited Published 2014 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX 14 4RN 711 Third Avenue_ New York, NY 10017, USA

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Emsley, Clive Britain and the French Revolution/Clive Emsley p,em,-- (Seminar studies in history)

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index ISBN 0-582-36961-4 L Great Britain--Politics and government--1789-1820,2,France--History--Revolution 1789-1799--Foreign public opinion, British,3,France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Influence,4,Great Britain--Civilization--French influences,5,Great Britain--Foreign relations--1789-1820,6,Great Britain-- Foreign relations--France. 7. France--Foreign relations--Great Britain. 8. Public opinion--Great Britain--History 9,France--Foreign relations--1789-1815,L Title,IL Series, DA520,E47 2000 94 L07'3--dc21 00-026029 Set by 7 in 10/12 Sabon Roman

CONTENTS

An Introduction to the Series

VI

Note on Referencing System

Vll

Acknowledgements

Vlll

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

1

1.

3

ISSUES AND HISTORIOGRAPHY

PART TWO: ANALYSIS

7

2.

9

IDEAS Burke and Paine

3.

4.

9

Radical Variations

13

Loyalist Responses

17

POLITICS

21

Whigs and Others

21

Radicals and Repression

29

Loyalism and Xenophobia

40

The Irish Experience

46

WAR

53

Causes and Course

53

Men, Money and Munitions

58

Famine

65

PART THREE: CONCLUSION

71

PART FOUR: DOC UMENTS

77

Who's Who

110

Bibliography

117

Index

125

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES

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