The Useful Cobbler: Edmund Burke and the Politics of Progress - Hardcover

Conniff, James

9780791418437: The Useful Cobbler: Edmund Burke and the Politics of Progress

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 079141843X ISBN 13: 9780791418437

Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr, 1994

Neither a polemic nor a highly specialized study, this book is a comprehensive assessment of Burke's political thought. Using evidence from such neglected sources as Burke's essays on history and law and making full use of his extensive correspondence, the author places Burke in the context of developments in a number of areas of eighteenth-century British intellectual life, ranging from philosophy to literature, and presents him as a key figure in the evolution of the theory and practice of representative government.

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The most noteworthy feature is the rich documentation both from the whole gamut of Burke's writings and speeches and from a wide variety of relevant secondary sources, in the areas both of political theory and eighteenth-century history.

About the Author:

James Conniff is Professor of Political Science at San Diego State University.

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