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The Sinews of Power
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War, Money and the English State 1688-1783
The Sinews of Power
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The Sinews of Power book
War, Money and the English State 1688-1783
ByJohn Brewer
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1989
eBook Published 27 April 1989
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
Pages 311
eBook ISBN 9780203193167
Subjects Humanities
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Brewer, J. (1989). The Sinews of Power: War, Money and the English State 1688-1783 (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203193167
ABSTRACT
First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |1 pages
Part One Before the revolution: the English state in the medieval and early modern era
chapter 1|19 pages
Contexts
part |1 pages
Part Two The contours of the fiscal-military state
chapter |1 pages
Introduction
chapter 2|29 pages
The armed forces: patterns of military effort
chapter 3|21 pages
Civil administration: the central offices of government
chapter 4|36 pages
Money, money, money: the growth in debts and taxes
part |1 pages
Part Three Political crisis: the emergence of the fiscal-military state
chapter 5|22 pages
The paradoxes of state power
part |1 pages
Part Four The state, war and economy
chapter |2 pages
Introduction
chapter 6|21 pages
The parameters of war: policy and economy
chapter 7|24 pages
War and taxes: society, economy and opinion
part |1 pages
Part Five The state and civil society: the clash over information and interest
