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This is an original study of British diplomacy in the age of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. It examines the social, cultural and intellectual aspects of diplomatic life and practice between 1750 and 1830. -- .

Table of Contents

Introduction- New Diplomatic History
Part I: The Structure of a Service
1. Why Diplomacy?
2. Education, Training and Promotion
3. Family, Sex and Marriage
Part II: Of Cabbages and Kings
4. Etiquette and Face
5. Favourites and Flunkeys
6. Gossips, Networks and News
Part III: Beyond the Call of Duty
7. The Grand Tour
8. From Ancients to Moderns
9. War, Ethnography and Religion
Conclusion: Diplomacy Transformed?
Appendix A: Male Diplomats
Appendix B: Female Diplomats
Bibliography

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 4/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719082726, 978-0719082726
      ISBN10: 0719082722

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is an original study of British diplomacy in the age of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. It examines the social, cultural and intellectual aspects of diplomatic life and practice between 1750 and 1830. -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction- New Diplomatic History
      Part I: The Structure of a Service
      1. Why Diplomacy?
      2. Education, Training and Promotion
      3. Family, Sex and Marriage
      Part II: Of Cabbages and Kings
      4. Etiquette and Face
      5. Favourites and Flunkeys
      6. Gossips, Networks and News
      Part III: Beyond the Call of Duty
      7. The Grand Tour
      8. From Ancients to Moderns
      9. War, Ethnography and Religion
      Conclusion: Diplomacy Transformed?
      Appendix A: Male Diplomats
      Appendix B: Female Diplomats
      Bibliography

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