Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Nonfiction, History, British
| Author: | Edmund Burke | ISBN: | 9781411446731 |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble | Publication: | March 15, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Barnes & Noble | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edmund Burke |
| ISBN: | 9781411446731 |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
| Publication: | March 15, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Barnes & Noble |
| Language: | English |
The immediate cause of this 1770 tract was the violent controversy surrounding a radical member of parliament, John Wilkes, but Burke's commentary transcended this subject to grapple with more enduring questions of the proper apportionment of power, under the spirit of the British constitution, between king and parliament.
The immediate cause of this 1770 tract was the violent controversy surrounding a radical member of parliament, John Wilkes, but Burke's commentary transcended this subject to grapple with more enduring questions of the proper apportionment of power, under the spirit of the British constitution, between king and parliament.
