Cornwallis: Soldier And Statesman In A Revolutionary World Richard Middleton Yale University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία History

The First Biography Of Charles Cornwallis In Forty Years—The Soldier Governor And Statesman Whose Career Covered America India Britain Ireland Marquis (1738–1805) Was A Leading Figure Late Eighteenth-Century His Spanned American War Independence Irish Union French Revolutionary Wars Building Second British Empire India—And He Has Long Been Associated With Unacceptable Face Britain’s Colonial Past This Vivid New Richard Middleton Shows That Portrait Is Far From Accurate Emerges As Reformer Who Had Deep Empathy For Those Under Authority Clear About Obligation To Govern Justly Sought Protect Population Bengal Constitution Written Laws Insisted On Catholic Emancipation Recognized Limitations Power After Reveals How Cornwallis’ Rewarding Merit Search Economy Elimination Corruption Helped Improve Machinery Government Into Nineteenth Century Σελίδες: 440 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0222 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm