Description: Previous accounts of the British Foreign Office have left the impression that the diplomatic service was an insignificant appendage of the Foreign Office. Jones's study redresses the balance, demonstrating that the diplomatic service was an equal if not senior partner with the Foreign Office in the execution of British foreign policy.After a brief introduction to the history of diplomacy, Jones follows the changes wrought in the service by the intense political and social pressures of the nineteenth century. Against the background of the growth of the Victorian Civil Service and the emergence of Great Britain as a world power in the age of the Pax Britannica, Jones traces the demise of the family embassy, and of a diplomacy deeply rooted in patronage, and the corresponding development of the professional, bureaucratic elite of the Edwardian era.In case …condition info: Missing dust cover. Has a sturdy binding with some shelf wear. May have light markings on pages. Former library copy.
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EAN: 9780889201248
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Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Name: British Diplomatic Service : 1815-1914
Language: English
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Item Height: 0.2 in
Publication Year: 1983
Subject: Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Modern / 19th Century, Europe / Great Britain / General, International Relations / Diplomacy
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Raymond Jones
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
