Britain and Ireland in the Eighteenth-Century Crisis of Empire

MARTYN J. POWELL is Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is author of a number of articles on British Irish History and editorial adviser (history) for the British Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies.

• Introduction Reforming the Undertaker System: Pelhamite Ireland Reforming the Undertaker System: Ireland and the Seven Years War Lord Townshend and Constant Residency Ireland and the American Revolution Legislative Independence Conclusion Bibliography Index

'This impressive first book draws heavily on a rich range of archivalresearch...Powell...assesses British governmental policy towards Ireland in the period 1750-83, placing it in the valuable context of imperial crisis and policy...Aside from the great value of his careful account, Powell is much to be congratulated on his imperial contextualization of Irish developments.' - Jeremy Black, Department of History, University of Exeter, Reviewed for H-Albion@h-net'A convincing account of Anglo-Irish relations set in the wider context of the imperial crisis, which saw Britain lose her American colonies and be gripped by the fear of 'independency' in her oldest colony nearer to home.' - Eoin Magennis, author of The Irish Political System, 1740-1765 and co-editor of Crowds in Ireland, 1720-1920