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- catalog abstract ""Are sex scandals simply trivial distractions from serious issues or can they help democratize politics? In 1820, George IV's "royal gambols" with his mistresses endangered the Old Oak of the constitution. When he tried to divorce Queen Caroline for adultery, the resulting scandal enabled activists to overcome state censorship and revitalize reform. Looking at six major British scandals between 1763 and 1820, this book demonstrates that scandals brought people into politics because they evoked familiar stories of sex and betrayal. In vibrant prose woven with character sketches and illustrations, Anna Clark explains that activists used these stories to illustrate constitutional issues concerning the Crown, Parliament, and public opinion."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13078534.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Politics and government 18th century.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Politics and government 19th century.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Are sex scandals simply trivial distractions from serious issues or can they help democratize politics? In 1820, George IV's "royal gambols" with his mistresses endangered the Old Oak of the constitution. When he tried to divorce Queen Caroline for adultery, the resulting scandal enabled activists to overcome state censorship and revitalize reform. Looking at six major British scandals between 1763 and 1820, this book demonstrates that scandals brought people into politics because they evoked familiar stories of sex and betrayal. In vibrant prose woven with character sketches and illustrations, Anna Clark explains that activists used these stories to illustrate constitutional issues concerning the Crown, Parliament, and public opinion."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-299) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Wilkes, sexuality, and liberty: how scandal transforms politics -- Influence or independence: women and elections, 1777-1788 -- Edmund Burke and the Begums of Oudh: gender, empire, and public opinion -- Scandal in an age of revolution -- From petticoat influence to women's rights? -- The Mary Anne Clarke affair and the system of corruption -- Queen Caroline and the sexual politics of the British constitution -- Sexual scandals and politics, past and present.".
- catalog extent "xii, 311 p. :".
- catalog identifier "069111501X (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Politics and government 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Politics and government 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "320.941/082/09033 21".
- catalog subject "Constitutional history Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "DA480 .C567 2004".
- catalog subject "Political corruption Great Britain History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Political corruption Great Britain History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Scandals Great Britain History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Scandals Great Britain History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Sex Political aspects Great Britain History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Sex Political aspects Great Britain History 19th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Wilkes, sexuality, and liberty: how scandal transforms politics -- Influence or independence: women and elections, 1777-1788 -- Edmund Burke and the Begums of Oudh: gender, empire, and public opinion -- Scandal in an age of revolution -- From petticoat influence to women's rights? -- The Mary Anne Clarke affair and the system of corruption -- Queen Caroline and the sexual politics of the British constitution -- Sexual scandals and politics, past and present.".
- catalog title "Scandal : the sexual politics of the British constitution / Anna Clark.".
- catalog type "text".