The Sinews of Power

War, Money and the English State, 1688–1783

By:

John Brewer

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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. John Brewer’s 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.

Author Biography:

John Brewer is Director of the Center for Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Studies and Director of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Release date NZ

October 1st, 1990

Author

John Brewer

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Illustrations

17 tables, 1 map

Pages

320

Dimensions

155x235x23

ISBN-13

9780674809307

Product ID

2968448

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