The Sense of the People: Politics, Culture and Imperialism in England, 1715-1785 (Past and Present Publications)

This book demonstrates the central role of 'people', the empire, and the citizen in eighteenth-century English popular politics. It shows how the wide-ranging political culture of English towns attuned ordinary men and women to the issues of state power and thus enabled them to stake their own claims in national and imperial affairs.Kathleen Wilson is the author of 'The Sense of the People: Politics, Culture and Imperialism in England, 1715-1785 (Past and Present Publications)', published 1995 under ISBN 9780521340724 and ISBN 0521340721.