The Rockingham Connection and the Second Founding of the Whig Party

Elofson, Warren M.

ISBN 10: 0773513884 / ISBN 13: 9780773513884

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996

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Very good condition used 1996 First Edition Hardback with intact Dust Jacket. Published by McGill-Queen's University Press. Author: Warren M. Elofson ISBN: 9780773513884. Approx dims: 235mm h x 165mm w x 25mm d. Intact clean condition pictorial grey dust jacket with slight signs of handling. Intact DJ spine. DJ over very good condition brown cloth boards. 266 clean inside pages of English text. Previous owner's name plate with book number to inside first blank page. No other inscriptions. Slight foxing to page ends. Image shown is actual book for sale. Synopsis: The Rockingham Connection and the Second Founding of the Whig Party is a study of the ideological development of the Rockingham Whigs in Britain between 1768 and 1773 and a re-examination of the party system in the later part of the eighteenth century. W.M. Elofson traces the evolution of the Rockingham Whigs from court-centred supporters of the status quo to proponents of parliamentary reform and illustrates the central role the Party played in the evolution of liberal philosophy that preceded the massive reform movement in the next century.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rockingham Connection and the Second Founding of the Whig Party
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773513884
• ISBN 13: 9780773513884
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Politics

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Synopsis

Elofson reveals that the Rockinghams, far more than previously recognized, were governed by a coherent set of constitutional ideals and argues that they saw "party" not primarily as a means to office but as a vehicle for public-spirited men to "secure the predominance of right and uniform principles" in the operation of the state. He examines the ideological writings of Edmund Burke, the Party's noted and prolific publicist, placing them in their political context and providing a new analysis of Burke's renowned pamphlet Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents (1770). Throughout, Elofson illustrates the ways in which the Rockinghams altered and redefined the Whig Party and its principles as they took the first halting steps toward a program of constitutional amendment, establishing their place not only in Whig but in British constitutional development.

About the Author

W. M. Elofson is assistant professor of history, University of Calgary.