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The Reign of George III, 1760-1815

by J. Steven Watson

Pages: 637

Contributors: J. Steven Watson

Publisher: Clarendon Press

Place of Publication: Oxford

Publication Year: 1960

Subjects: Great Britain--History--George Iii, 1760-1820

Table of Contents

Title Page

The Oxford History of England

Preface

Contents

I: The Accession of George III

II: The Economic Pattern in 1760

III: The Social and Political Structure in 1760

IV: Ministerial Instability, 1760-5

V: Continued Ministerial Difficulties, 1765-70

VI: Lord North Establishes His Power, 1770-4

VII: The Origins of the American Revolt

VIII: Lord North and the American War of Independence

IX: The Fall of North and the Rise of Reform Movements, 1778-82

X: The Conflict of Groups, 1782-4

XI: Pitt and Reconstruction, 1784-9

XII: The Collapse of the Opposition 1784-93

XIII: A Civilized Security, 1760-90

XIV: The First Stage of the War 1793-8

XV: The Battles of the Second Coalition and the Fall of Pitt 1798-1801

XVI: From Amiens to Trafalgar

XVII: The Failure of the Talents and the Problems Facing Portland 1806-9

XVIII: Economic Warfare, 1806-12

XIX: Portland, Perceval, and the Peninsula, 1809-12

XX: The Transformation of Economic and Cultural Life 1793-1815

XXI: The End of the War, 1812-15

List of the Holders of Great Offices of State, 1760-82, and of Cabinets, 1782-1815

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