Whigs and Cities

'A book of outstanding learning and research.' S.E. Goodman, Journal of the London Society
`an important study of Hanoverian urban politics' Archives
'What he adds that is new is the detail and subtlety that can only come from precise, grass-roots analysis.' Times Literary Supplement
'indispensable to students of urban politics in the reign of the first two Georges' Eveline Cruikshank, History Today
'the book is a major contribution to our understanding of the 18th century' Times Higher Education Supplement
'This is a very substantial study, and a stimulating one ...A distinguishing merit of this thoughtful study is the range of source material on which the author draws ... the book has a freshness and vigour which should commend it to the interested reader.' Joanna Innes, Somerville College, Oxford, Labour History Review, Vol.55, No.3, Winter 1990
'a splendid treatment of its theme, missing no opportunity to bring out the importance of the subject, but resisting the tempation to claim too much ... Rogers has provided us with what must be, for some time to come, the standard work on the cities and larger towns of the early Hanoverian period.' Brian W. Hill, University of East Anglia, English Historical Review, January 1991
`Professor Roger's long-awaited study of urban politics in the middle decades of the eighteenth century makes an important contribution to the current debate concerning the nature of the Hanoverian political system ... we can be fully appreciative of the importance of Professor Roger's achievement: he has provided us with a model of metropolitan and provincial political culture in the early Hanoverian period which will be the benchmark for future studies in this area.' History
`a fine piece of work which certainly deserves the attention of all interested in the history of urban politics. It breaks new ground, particularly in its examination of cities outside London, and deserves to become a standard for research in the field.' Malcolm Greenshields, Urban History Review
'important and lucidly argued volume ... Professor Rogers would be the first to admit that a lot more work has still to be done on urban politis. But his fine ground-breaking study has opened up the theme and pointed the way.' Angus McInnes, University of Keele, British Journal of 18th-Century Studies, 15:1
'an impressive command of primary sources ... Rogers has substantially contributed to our understanding of the complexities and contradictions of the political landscape in the early Hanoverian period. His work will be an important guide for future exploration of the urban political terrain.' Carla H. Hay, Marquette University, American Historical Review, June 1992
'With this impressive book, highly readable and excellently constructed, Rogers has supplied further support for his demand that we look seriously at popular politics in the English cities ... this work contains a great deal of fresh material ... excellent book.' Jonathan Barry, University of Exeter, Parliamentary History, Vol. II, No. 2, 1992
'The limits to Whig oligarchy and the changing configuration of party politics in the early Hanoverian era are themes explored in Nicholas Rogers's superb study, Whigs and Cities.' Tim Harris, Brown University, Journal of Modern History, Volume 64, Number 4, December 1992