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- catalog abstract "This powerful interpretation of English history provides a completely new framework for understanding how Britain emerged in the eighteenth century as a major international power. Brewers brilliant analysis makes clear that the drastic increase in Britain's military involvement (and success) in Europe and the expansion of her commercial and imperial interests would not have happened without a concurrent radical increase in taxation, along with a surge in deficit financing and the growth of a substantial public administration. Warfare and taxes reshaped the English economy, and at the heart of these dramatic changes lay an issue that is still very much with us today: the tension between a nation's aspirations to be a major power and fear of the domestic consequences of such an ambition--namely, the loss of liberty.".
- catalog contributor b7549502.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Economic conditions 18th century.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain History, Military 18th century.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Politics and government 1689-1702.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Politics and government 18th century.".
- catalog created "1990.".
- catalog date "1990".
- catalog date "1990.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1990.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: 1. Before The Revolution: The English State in The Medieval and Early Modern Eras -- Part II: 2. Patterns of Military Effort -- 3. Civil Administration: The Central offices of Government -- 4. Money, Money, Money: The Growth in Debts and Taxes -- Part III: 5. The Paradoxes of State Power -- Part IV: 6. The Parameters of War -- 7. War and Taxes -- Part V: 8. The Politics of Information: Public Knowledge and Private Interest Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.".
- catalog description "This powerful interpretation of English history provides a completely new framework for understanding how Britain emerged in the eighteenth century as a major international power. Brewers brilliant analysis makes clear that the drastic increase in Britain's military involvement (and success) in Europe and the expansion of her commercial and imperial interests would not have happened without a concurrent radical increase in taxation, along with a surge in deficit financing and the growth of a substantial public administration. Warfare and taxes reshaped the English economy, and at the heart of these dramatic changes lay an issue that is still very much with us today: the tension between a nation's aspirations to be a major power and fear of the domestic consequences of such an ambition--namely, the loss of liberty.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 290 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0674809300".
- catalog issued "1990".
- catalog issued "1990.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Economic conditions 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain History, Military 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Politics and government 1689-1702.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Politics and government 18th century.".
- catalog subject "941.07 20".
- catalog subject "DA480 .B74 1990".
- catalog tableOfContents "List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: 1. Before The Revolution: The English State in The Medieval and Early Modern Eras -- Part II: 2. Patterns of Military Effort -- 3. Civil Administration: The Central offices of Government -- 4. Money, Money, Money: The Growth in Debts and Taxes -- Part III: 5. The Paradoxes of State Power -- Part IV: 6. The Parameters of War -- 7. War and Taxes -- Part V: 8. The Politics of Information: Public Knowledge and Private Interest Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.".
- catalog title "The sinews of power : war, money, and the English state, 1688-1783 / John Brewer.".
- catalog type "Military history. fast".
- catalog type "text".