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Pentland's study has 3 aims: to place the uprising in a wider context by exploring the modes of extra-parliamentary politics between 1815 and1820 as well as the situation outside Scotland; (ii) to provide the first full account of the rising itself; and (iii) to examine the legacies of both the politics of 1815-20 and the Radical War

A new title in the Oxford Handbooks series, offering an authoritative view of British political history from 1800 to 2000, engaging with the sweeping changes in the ways in which Britain was governed, the duties of the state, and its role in the wider world, and suggesting avenues of future research.

A new title in the Oxford Handbooks in History series, offering an authoritative view of British political history from 1800 to 2000, engaging with the sweeping changes in the ways in which Britain was governed, the duties of the state, and its role in the wider world, and suggesting avenues of future research

Offering an authoritative view of British political history from 1800 to 2000, this book provides an engaging survey of the sweeping changes in the ways in which Britain was governed. It considers key issues such as the duties of the state and its role in the wider world, and suggesting avenues of future research.

"Arthur Woodburn's autobiography provides an exceptionally rich insight into the development of labour politics in Scotland in the first half of the twentieth century, into the experience of coalition government during the Second World War and of reconstruction and the government of Scotland in its aftermath. Woodburn was prominent within the labour movement and the Labour Party, but unlike many of his contemporaries his autobiography was never published at the time. It records his Edinburgh childhood, his route to socialism, his imprisonment as a conscientious objector during the First World War, educational and journalistic activities as well as his official roles in the Labour Party and government during the 1930s and 40s. This volume provides a clear annotated modern edition of Woodburn's text, together with a full scholarly introduction explaining the historical significance of the autobiography and Woodburn himself" -- Provided by publisher's website

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- H. T. Dickinson: An Appreciation -- Introduction -- Part I. Parliament and Political Cultures -- 1. 'The Press Ought to be Open to All': From the Liberty of Conscience to the Liberty of the Press -- 2. 'Could the Scots Become True British?' The Prelude to the Scottish Peerage Bill, 1706-16 -- 3. Parliament and Church Reform: Off and On the Agenda -- 4. Liberty, Property and the Post-Culloden Acts of Parliament in the Gàidhealtachd -- 5. Political Toasting in the Age of Revolutions: Britain, America and France, 1765-1800 -- Part II. Beyond Liberty and Property -- 6. Edmund Burke, Dissent and Church and State -- 7. 'The Wisest and Most Benefi cial Schemes': William Ogilvie, Radical Political Economy and the Scottish Enlightenment -- 8. Thomas Spence and James Harrington: A Case Study in Influence -- 9. Thomas Spence, Children's Literature and 'Learning . . . Debauched by Ambition' -- Part III. The Long and Wide 1790s -- 10. British Radical Attitudes towards the United States of America in the 1790s: The Case of William Winterbotham -- 11. Was there a Law of Sedition in Scotland? Baron David Hume's Analysis of the Scottish Sedition Trials of 1794 -- 12. The Vilifi cation of Thomas Paine: Constructing a Folk Devil in the 1790s -- 13. Nelson's Circles: Networking in the Navy during the French Wars -- 14. The Posthumous Lives of Thomas Muir -- Appendix: Selected List of H. T. Dickinson's Publications, 1964-2015 -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index