{"product_id":"9781405192255","title":"The House of Lords in the Age of George III (1760-1811)","description":"\u003ch3\u003eParliamentary History Book Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe House of Lords in the Age of George III (1760-1811)\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMichael W. McCahill\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA full and comprehensive assessment of the place of the 18th-century peerage and House of Lords.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses statistical and anecdotal evidence to create a variegated portrait of the nobility, its political outlook, and the ways in which the nobility's multifarious roles combined to shape its members' conduct as peers of parliament\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges the assumption that the Lords remained a creature of the crown and demonstrates that peers and bishops were useful, informed, and broadly connected legislators\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncorporates the results of recent research on the role of ideology in 18th-century British politics and the legislative business of parliaments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on contemporary newspapers and journals and over 120 manuscript collections, some not previously consulted by students of the House\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers new insights into the Lords' changing relations with the crown and the Commons, traces the metamorphosis of the 'party of the crown' into an ultra-tory connection, and demonstrates that even as it resisted some political and social reform, the Lords was a useful legislative chamber that adapted effectively to the rising volume of business\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael W. McCahill\u003c\/b\u003e did his undergraduate and graduate work at Harvard University where he received his Ph.D. in 1970. After six years at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, he taught history and held a variety of administrative posts at Brooks School. He has published an earlier book on the House of Lords and a number of articles.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 October 2009\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405192255\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e488\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24.64\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310821404812,"sku":"9781405192255","price":46.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405192255_2047eacb-12a0-4a91-a801-6cc9f717725d.jpg?v=1780197862","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405192255","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}