{"product_id":"9780230577695","title":"Britain and the Seventy Years War, 1744-1815 : Enlightenment, Revolution and Empire","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBritain and the Seventy Years War, 1744-1815\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Anthony Page\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEighteenth-century Britons were frequently anxious about the threat of invasion, military weakness, possible financial collapse and potential revolution. Anthony Page argues that between 1744 and 1815, Britain fought a 'Seventy Years War' with France. This invaluable study:\u003cbr\u003e- Argues for a new periodization of eighteenth-century British history, and explains the politics and course of Anglo-French war\u003cbr\u003e- Explores Britain's 'fiscal-naval' state and its role in the expansion of empire and industrial revolution\u003cbr\u003e- Highlights links between war, Enlightenment and the evolution of modern British culture and politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynthesizing recent research on political, military, economic, social and cultural history, Page demonstrates how Anglo-French war influenced the revolutionary era and helped to shape the first age of global imperialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Book focuses on what he terms the 'Seventy Years War', an almost-continuous series of conflicts between Britain and (mostly) France, which started with the shambolic response to the Jacobite rebellion and culminated in the triumph of Waterloo, paving the way for a century of imperial dominance under the Pax Britannica … Given the focus on war, this is necessarily an international account of British history … New book makes a striking claim for the continued relevance of Georgian Britain.” —\u003ci\u003eMatthew McCormack, The Journal of the Historical Association\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The prose is clear and readable, the analysis is enlivened with well-chosen examples, and Page offers much helpful contextual material … The book will be valuable to researchers and teachers who will find here a scholarly, up-to-date introduction to the “war and society” theme in eighteenth-century British history.” —\u003ci\u003eJohn Shovlin, Journal of British Studies, Vol. 55 (1)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780230577695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Red Globe Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40826276708558,"sku":"9780230577695","price":118.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_d6e48b3b-0fce-48a9-b79d-4a6c15aef288.jpg?v=1643199759","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780230577695","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}