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dc.contributor.authorReid, Loren Dudley, 1905-eng
dc.contributor.corporatenameUniversity of Missouri Presseng
dc.coverage.spatialGreat Britaineng
dc.coverage.temporal1760-1820eng
dc.date.issued1969eng
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 447-457.eng
dc.description.abstractThe book grows out of a professional interest in Fox's talents as a parliamentary speaker. The scope, therefore, is that of a biography, with Fox's attainments as a speaker coming to the foreground at frequent intervals. From the viewpoint of rhetorical theory and practice, though much of the terminology of classical or even contemporary rhetoric is not used.eng
dc.description.digitizationDigitized at the University of Missouri--Columbia MU Libraries Digitization Lab in 2012. Digitized at 600 dpi with Zeutschel, OS 15000 scanner. Access copy, available in MOspace, is 400 dpi, grayscale.eng
dc.description.tableofcontentsPart 1: Thrice in, thrice out. Genesis of a speaker ; Eton, Oxford, The grand tour ; The phenomenon of the age ; In and out of government. Part 2: The loyal opposition. Fox discovers America ; Fox in opposition ; A speech without a reply ; Fox and North: Conflict ; Fox goes to the people ; The opposition triumphs ; The first foreign secretary ; Road to coalition ; Mr secretary Fox ; The India bill ; The Westminster election ; Mr Pitt and Mr Fox ; Fox, The Prince, and Mrs Fitzherbert ; The king's illness. Part 3: Man of the people. Genesis of a new whig ; Defender of political liberty ; War with France ; For freedom of speech ; Great whig ; Speaker for the people. Part 4: Long road back. Secession;St Anne's Hill ; Quest for peace ; Pitt resigns;secession continues ; Road to war ; Fox and Pitt in opposition ; Pitt does, Fox takes office ; Death of Fox.eng
dc.format.extentxiv, 475 pages illustratedeng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/15758
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri Presseng
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity of Missouri Press (MU)eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollectionUniversity of Missouri Presseng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri System. Office of Academic Affairs (UM). University of Missouri Presseng
dc.subject.lcshStatesmen -- Biographyeng
dc.subject.lcshGreat Britain -- Politics and governmenteng
dc.subject.lcshFox, Charles James, 1749-1806eng
dc.titleCharles James Fox: a man for the peopleeng
dc.typeBookeng


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