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Statesmanship and Party Government

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Frontmatter i
Acknowledgments vii
Contents xi
CHAPTER ONE. The Origins of Party Government 1
CHAPTER TWO. The Statesman's Presumption 20
CHAPTER THREE. Bolingbroke's System 41
CHAPTER FOUR. Bolingbroke's Program 66
CHAPTER FIVE. The Bolingbroke Party 86
CHAPTER SIX. The British Constitution: Popular Government 123
CHAPTER SEVEN. The British Constitution: The Rule of Gentlemen 164
CHAPTER EIGHT. Presumptive Virtue 201
CHAPTER NINE. Statesmanship and Prescription 224
Notes 247
Bibliography 269
Index 273

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Acknowledgments vii
Contents xi
CHAPTER ONE. The Origins of Party Government 1
CHAPTER TWO. The Statesman's Presumption 20
CHAPTER THREE. Bolingbroke's System 41
CHAPTER FOUR. Bolingbroke's Program 66
CHAPTER FIVE. The Bolingbroke Party 86
CHAPTER SIX. The British Constitution: Popular Government 123
CHAPTER SEVEN. The British Constitution: The Rule of Gentlemen 164
CHAPTER EIGHT. Presumptive Virtue 201
CHAPTER NINE. Statesmanship and Prescription 224
Notes 247
Bibliography 269
Index 273

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