The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke: Volume III: Party, Parliament, and the American War 1774-1780
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- Edition number and title :Volume III: Party, Parliament, and the American War 1774-1780
- Publisher Clarendon Press
- Date of Publication 19 September 1996
- ISBN 9780198224143
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages736 pages
- Size 242x161x46 mm
- Weight 1214 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This is Volume III of the acclaimed scholarly edition of The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke. It continues the story of Burke, the Rockingham party of Whigs to which he adhered, and the American crisis. Burke had already established himself as a master of debate and an accomplished writer in the early 1770s; by the end of the decade he was recognized as one of the greatest parliamentarians of the age.
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This volume of The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke continues the story of Edmund Burke, the Rockingham party in British politics, and the American crisis. By 1774 Burke was already recognized as a master of parliamentary debate and an accomplished writer. By 1780, however, his reputation was to have risen substantially. Probably the most important single reason was his Speech on Conciliation with America, which was presented to the House of Commons in March 1775, published, and circulated to a wide audience on both sides of the Atlantic. In that speech, Burke used the full force of his intellect and eloquence to set out the Rockinghams' first comprehensive plan for achieving lasting peace in the Empire. The public commendation he received helped him to gain recognition for offerings such as his second conciliation proposal in November 1775, and his Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol in 1777. It also gave him some of the confidence he needed to announce the Whig party's historic conversion to a moderate reform programme in his celebrated speeches on economical reform in 1779 and 1780.
Numerous writings and speeches in this volume are transcriptions of previously unpublished manuscripts from the collections at Sheffield and Northampton. These allow the reader new insights into the workings of Burke's mind not just in relation to the major political issues, but also to a multitude of engaging subjects such as education, capital punishment, religious dissent, and the return of the Rockingham Whigs to government power,
this edition serves as a fit record of Burke's growing importance as well as the frustrations in his later period of serving the Rockinghams.
