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Lord Palmerston and the Empire of Trade is a short biography of the 19th century British statesman and prime minister who helped make England a global economic power during the Age of Imperialism. The book introduces readers to the life, times and world of Palmerston, who was one of the 19th century's most influential figures, in order to explain how Britain prompted the spread of Western ideas and practice around the world in the last two centuries through free trade and a network of collaborating states.Each interpretive biography in the Library of World Biography Series focuses on a person whose actions and ideas either significantly influenced world events or whose life reflects important themes and developments in global history.
Contents
Editor's Preface Author's Preface MAP The British Empire in 1872Introduction CHAPTER 1 PALMERSTON'S ENGLAND The Industrial RevolutionCorn LawsFree TradeReformScience, Secularization, and ReligionGender RolesThe ArtsCHAPTER 2 THE PEOPLE'S ARISTOCRATFamily LifeSchool Life The Ideas of Adam SmithParliamentSecretary at WarCatholic EmancipationThe Napoleonic WarsCHAPTER 3 PALMERSTON THE CANNINGITEThe Wellington MinistryThe Ministry of Lord GreyForeign SecretaryReformThe Limits of PowerRevolutions of 1848Informal Empire and Free TradeLatin AmericaThe Eastern QuestionThe Pacifico AffairAfricaChinaMAP The Formal British Empire in 1872CHAPTER 4 PAINTING THE MAP REDThe Formal British EmpireThe People's DarlingThe Crimean WarPrime MinisterThe Anglo-Persian War of 1856The Indian RevoltThe MosquitoThe ArrowMarriage LawPopularity, Style, and the Liberal PartyCivil War in the United StatesCHAPTER 5 PALMERSTON AND THE WORLD BRITANNICABritain's Relative Decline of PowerDeath and Legacy
