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• I. A short history of the discovery of that part of the world.--II. The manners and customs of the original inhabitants.--III. Of the Spanish settlements.--IV. Of the Portuguese.--V. Of the French, Dutch, and Danish.--VI. Of the English.

In this fragment of a speech he delivered before the House of Commons, Burke writes: "...Our blind contest with America and our more blind reliance on our present Ministers have excited these hopes in our rivals. As long as that unfortunate dissention is kept alive, and as long as the operations which are the result of it remain in the hands of those who have proved themselves perfectly unable either to quiet or to subdue the spirit they had raised, so long the views of the House of Bourbon will continue,..." Burke speaks against England's "wild pursuit of taxation" and implies that parliament's war with the colonies has attracted more enemies than allies. Spain joined the fight against England in 1779, "without the smallest interruption on our part," after the latter refused to cede Gibraltar.

• Inferior politics, or, Considerations on the wretchedness and profligacy of the poor, especially in London and its vicinity : on the defects in the present system of parochial and penal laws : on the consequent increase of robbery and other crimes : and on the means of redressing these public grievances : with an appendix containing a plan for the reduction of the national debt / by Hewling Luson ... London : Printed for the author and sold by S. Bladon ..., 1786 (iv, 138, [2] (last p. blank) p.)
• The beauties of Fox, North and Burke : selected from their speeches from the passing of the Quebec Act, in the year 1774, down to the present time : with a copious index to the whole and an address to the public. The second edition. London : Printed for J. Stockdale ..., 1784 (viii, 92, [12] p.)
• Instructions to a statesman / humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable George, Earl Temple. London : Printed for J. Murray ..., J. Debrett ..., and J. Sewell ..., 1784 (xx, 71, [1] (blank) p.)
• Character of the late lord Viscount Sackville / [Richard Cumberland]. London : Printed for C. Dilly ..., 1785 ([4], 24 p.)
• Blake's remarks on Com. Johnstone's account of his engagement with a French squadron under the command of Mons. de Suffrein on April 16, 1781, in Port Praya Road in the island of St. Jago. A new edition ... London : Printed for J. Debrett ..., 1782 ([2], 38 p.).

Burke politely declines an invitation to a party; includes mention of activities and friends.

• The publisher's appeal to the candour and justice of the nation
• Letter I. On the overtures of peace
• Letter II. On the genius and character of the French Revolution as it regards other nations.

• On the overtures of peace
• On the genius and character of the French Revolution as it regards other nations.

• Letter I. On the overtures of peace.--Letter II. On the genius and character of the French revolution as it regards other nations.

• Hints for a memorial to be delivered to Monsieur de M.M., written in the early part of 1791
• Thoughts on French affairs &c. &c., written in December 1791
• Heads for consideration on the present state of affairs, written in November 1792
• Remarks on the policy of the allies with respect to France, begun in October 1793.

• On the overtures of peace.--On the genius and character of the French Revolution as it regards other nations.

• v. 1. Annals of Ballitore, with a memoir of the author.--
• v. 2. Unpublished letters of Edmund Burke, and the correspondence of Mrs. Richard Trench and Rev. George Crabbe.

• v. 1. A vindication of natural society. An essay on the sublime and beautiful. Political miscellanies.--
• v. 2. Political miscellanies. Reflections on the revolution in France. Letter to a member of the National assembly.--
• v. 3. Political miscellanies.--
• v. 4. Reports on administration of justice in India. Charge against Warren Hastings.--
• v. 5. Charge against Warren Hastings concluded. Political letters.--
• v. 6. Miscellaneous speeches, letters, and fragments. Abridgement of English history, etc. With a general index.--v. 7-8. Speeches and correspondence.

• Speech on American taxation.--Speech on arrival at Bristol.--Speech at the conclusion of the poll.--Speech on conciliation with America.--Letter to the sheriffs of Bristol.--[Notes, etc.]

• v. 1. Thoughts on the present discontents. The two speeches on America. New ed. 1904--
• v. 2. Reflections on the revolution in France. 1898.--[v.3] Four letters on the proposals for peace with the regicide Directory of France. new ed., rev. 1904.

• I. A vindication of natural society. A philosophical inquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and ...

• America and the British Empire.--Catholicism and Ireland.--Economic reform.--India.--The French revolution.--Letter to a noble lord (1795)

• v. 1. The early writing
• v. 2. Party, parliament, and the American crisis, 1766-1774. --v. 3. Party, parliament, and the American war, 1774-1780.
• v. 4. Party, Parliament and the dividing of the Whigs, 1780-1794 --v. 5. India: Madras and Bengal, 1774-1785.--v. 6. India: The launching of the Hastings impeachment, 1786-1788.-- v. 7. India: the hastongs trial 1789-1794
• v. 8. The French revolution, 1790-1794.
• v. 9. I: The Revolutionary War 1794-1797; II: Ireland.

This is a new edition of Edmund Burke's first work, originally issued anonymously in 1756 as a letter attributed to 'a late noble writer'. In 1757 Burke produced a revised version with a new preface but still did not attach his name to the work. This Liberty Fund edition is based on the 1757 revision. The "Vindication" is a political and social satire ridiculing the popular enlightenment notion of a pre-civil 'natural society'.
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Burke's seminal work was written during the early months of the French Revolution, and it predicted with uncanny accuracy many of its worst excesses, including the Reign of Terror. A scathing attack on the revolution's attitudes to existing institutions, property and religion, it makes a cogent case for upholding inherited rights and established customs, argues for piecemeal reform rather than revolutionary change - and deplores the influence Burke feared the revolution might have in Britain. "Reflections on the Revolution in France" is now widely regarded as a classic statement of conservative political thought, and is one of the eighteenth century's great works of political rhetoric.
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John Pocock's edition of "Burke's Reflections" is two classics in one: "Burke's Reflections" and "Pocock's Reflections on Burke and the Eighteenth Century".
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• Reflections on the revolution in France / Edmund Burke
• The rights of man / Thomas Paine.

Many attempts have been made to refute Burke's attack on the French Revolution, of which none was more famous than Paine's The Rights of Man. Here in one volume are both brilliant works.
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• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Chronological table
• Introduction
• A note on the texts
• Biographica
• Bibliography
• 'Extempore Commonplace on the Sermon of our Saviour on the Mount
• A Vindication of Natural Society
• A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
• 'Religion'
• Tracts on the Popery Laws
• Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents
• Conciliation with America
• 'Almas Ali Khan'
• 'Speech on the Army Estimates'
• Index of Persons
• Index of subjects and places.
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This is the first collection of the writings of Edmund Burke which precede Reflections on the Revolution in France, and the first to do justice to the connections and breadth of Burke's thought. A thinker whose range transcends formal boundaries, Burke has been highly prized by both conservatives and liberals, and this new edition charts the development of Burke's thought and its importance as a response to the events of his day. Burke's mind spanned theology, aesthetics, moral philosophy and history, as well as the political affairs of Ireland, England, America, India and France, and he united these concerns in his view of inequality. In the writings in this edition Burke indicated how societies embodying revealed religion and social hierarchy could sustain civilisation and political liberty. These thoughts reached their apogee in Reflections on the Revolution in France. This edition provides the student with all the necessary information for an understanding of the complexities of Burke's thought. Each text is prefaced by a summary and notes to the texts elucidate the literary and historical references. An introduction and biographical and bibliographical essays help place these works in the context of Burke's thought as a whole.
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• Part One: Introduction
• Burke and International Relations
• Burkes Life and International Affairs
• Burke and the Theory of International Relations
• Burkes Relevance
• Part Two: Writings and Speeches: Selections
• On Ireland
• On America
• On India
• On the French Revolution.
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Edmund Burke has long been regarded as one of the most important political thinkers of the late eighteenth century, and his writings and speeches continue to inspire and challenge to the present day. But Burkes thinking on international relations has not been fully addressed by the scholarly community. This situation is ironic given that so much of Burkes political efforts and thoughts were directed at international events and controversies, particularly British policies toward Ireland, America, India, and revolutionary France. David Fidler and Jennifer Welsh provide the first comprehensive presentation of Burkes thinking on international relations in Empire and Community: Edmund Burkes Writings and Speeches on International Relations. They analyze in detail Burkes perspective on international relations developed during his long and distinguished parliamentary career, establishing him as a classical thinker on international relations; they also analyze where Burkes perspective on international relations belongs theoretically in the contemporary study of the subject. These analyses are followed by edited selections from Burkes writings and speeches on Ireland, America, India, and the French Revolution. Empire and Community gives Burkes thinking on international relations the emphasis and scholarly attention it deserves.
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The first comprehensive presentation of Edmund Burkes thinking on international relations, including edited selections of Burkes writings on Ireland, America, and revolutionary France.. This book provides the first comprehensive presentation of Edmund Burkes thinking on international relations. While Burkes writings and speeches have been the subject of much analysis and controversy, his perspective on international relations has not been fully addressed by the scholarly community. Fidler and Welsh establish Burke as a classical thinker on international relations, and help to situate his thinking within current international relations theory. Their detailed introduction is followed by edited selections from Burkes writings and speeches on Ireland, America, India, and the French Revolution. Edmund Burke has long been regarded as one of the most important political thinkers of the late eighteenth century, and his writings and speeches continue to inspire and challenge to the present day. But Burkes thinking on international relations has not been fully addressed by the scholarly community. This situation is ironic given that so much of Burkes political efforts and thoughts were directed at international events and controversies, particularly British policies toward Ireland, America, India, and revolutionary France.David Fidler and Jennifer Welsh provide the first comprehensive presentation of Burkes thinking on international relations in Empire and Community: Edmund Burkes Writings and Speeches on International Relations . They analyze in detail Burkes perspective on international relations developed during his long and distinguished parliamentary career, establishing him as a classical thinker on international relations; they also analyze where Burkes perspective on international relations belongs theoretically in the contemporary study of the subject. These analyses are followed by edited selections from Burkes writings and speeches on Ireland, America, India, and the French Revolution. Empire and Community gives Burkes thinking on international relations the emphasis and scholarly attention it deserves.
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Edmund Burke was the dominant political thinker of the last quarter of the eighteenth century in England. His reputation depends less on his role as a practising politician than on his ability to set contemporary problems within a wider context of political theory. Above all, he commented on change. He tried to teach lessons about how change should be managed, what limits should not be transgressed, and what should be reverently preserved. Burke's generation was much in need of advice on these matters. The Industrial Revolution, the American Revolution, and catastrophically, the French Revolution presented challenges of terrible proportions. They could promise paradise or threaten anarchy. Burke was acutely aware of how high the stakes were. The Reflections on the Revolution in France was a dire warning of the consequences that would follow the mismanagement of change.
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The British statesman Edmund Burke had a genius for political argument and his impassioned works shaped late 18th-century public life in England. This annotated anthology of his work illustrates his concern with not only preserving, but also reforming the British Empire.
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The great British statesman Edmund Burke had a genius for political argument, and his impassioned speeches and writings shaped English public life in the second half of the eighteenth century. This anthology of Burke's speeches, letters and pamphlets, selected, introduced and annotated by David Bromwich, shows Burke to be concerned with not only preserving but also reforming the British empire. Bromwich includes eighteen works of Burke, all but one in its complete form. These writings, among them the Speech on Conciliation with the American Colonies, A Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol, the Speech at Guildhall Previous to the Election of 1780, the Speech on Fox's India Bill, A Letter to a Noble Lord, and several private letters, demonstrate the depth of Burke's efforts to reform the empire in India, America and Ireland. On these various fronts he defended the human rights of native peoples, the respect owed to partners in trade, and the civil liberties that the empire was losing at home while extending its power abroad.
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• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Bibliography
• Reflections on the revolution in France
• Preface
• Part I. The English Constitution and the Revolution of 1688: Part II. The French Revolution: Part III. English Society: Part IV. Contrasting Principles of the French Revolution: Part V. French Society before the Revolution: Part VI. The Expropriation of the French Church: Part VII. The proceedings of the National Assembly: Conclusion
• Appendices
• Index.
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The French Revolution is a defining moment in world history, and usually it has been first approached by English-speaking readers through the picture painted of it by Edmund Burke. Reflections on the Revolution in France is a classic work in a range of fields from history through political science to literature, and securely holds its place among the canon of great books. Yet its meaning is still contested and often misunderstood, equally by those who wish to admire or to denigrate Burke for his present-day relevance. This edition aims to locate Burke once again in his contemporary political and intellectual setting. Alone among recent versions, it reprints the text of the first edition of the Reflections, and shows how Burke amended it as his knowledge of the Revolution deepened. It is certain to become the standard edition for scholars and students alike. The editor s Introduction is much more extensive than that of any previous edition. It situates the Reflections in Burke s life and the development of his ideas, the history of English political thought, the debate about the French Revolution, and the debate the book itself inspired. But the Introduction is more than a compendium of information; it is a thoughtful, coherent interpretation of Burke and his book. The editor s notes are also fuller than those of any previous edition, glossing many literary and biblical allusions missed by previous editors. He also supplies an extended note on the text, a biographical guide, and a bibliography, helpfully presented in discursive form.
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