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A companion to eighteenth-century Britain / edited by H.T. Dickinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell companions to British history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization.
- History.
- Great Britain--History--18th century--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Civilization--18th century--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century.
- Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century.
- Great Britain--Economic conditions--18th century.
- Local Subjects:
- Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century.
- Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century.
- Great Britain--Economic conditions--18th century.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 550 pages : maps ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub. ; [London] : Historical Association, 2002.
- Contents:
- Part I Politics and the Constitution 1
- 1 The British Constitution / H. T. Dickinson 3
- 2 The British State / Eckhart Hellmuth 19
- 3 Finance and Taxation / Patrick Karl O'Brien 30
- 4 Local Government and Local Society / David Eastwood 40
- 5 Parliament, Parties and Elections (1688-1760) / Brian Hill 55
- 6 Parliament, Parties and Elections (1760-1815) / Stephen M. Lee 69
- 7 The Jacobite Movement / Daniel Szechi 81
- 8 Popular Politics and Radical Ideas / H. T. Dickinson 97
- 9 The Crisis of the French Revolution / Emma Vincent Macleod 112
- Part II The Economy and Society 125
- 10 Manufacturing and Commerce / John Rule 127
- 11 Agriculture and Rural Life / Gordon Mingay 141
- 12 The Landed Elite / Richard G. Wilson 158
- 13 The Middling Orders / Nicholas Rogers 172
- 14 The Labouring Poor / John Rule 183
- 15 Urban Life and Culture / Peter Borsay 196
- 16 Women and the Family / John D. Ramsbottom 209
- Part III Religion 223
- 17 The Church of England / Jeremy Gregory 225
- 18 Religious Minorities in England / Colin Haydon 241
- 19 Methodism and the Evangelical Revival / G. M. Ditchfield 252
- 20 Religion in Scotland / Stewart J. Brown 260
- 21 Religion in Ireland / Sean J. Connolly 271
- Part IV Culture 281
- 22 Print Culture / Bob Harris 283
- 23 Political Ideas from Locke to Paine / Pamela Edwards 294
- 24 The Making of Elite Culture / Maura A. Henry 311
- 25 Literature and Drama / J. Alan Downie 329
- 26 Popular Culture / Bob Bushaway 344
- 27 Crime and Punishment / James A. Sharpe 358
- Part V Union and Disunion in the British Isles 367
- 28 Integration: Patriotism and Nationalism / Colin Kidd 369
- 29 Scotland and the Union / Alexander Murdoch 381
- 30 Wales in the Eighteenth Century / Geraint H. Jenkins 392
- 31 Ireland: The Making of the 'Protestant Ascendancy', 1690-1760 / Paddy McNally 403
- 32 Ireland: Radicalism, Rebellion and Union / Martyn J. Powell 414
- Part VI Britain and the Wider World 429
- 33 Britain's Emergence as a European Power, 1688-1815 / H. M. Scott 431
- 34 Britain and the Atlantic World / W. A. Speck 447
- 35 Britain and India / Bruce P. Lenman 460
- 36 The British Army / Stanley D. M. Carpenter 473
- 37 The Royal Navy / Richard Harding 481
- 38 Britain and the Slave Trade / John Oldfield 489.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [499]-515) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0631218378
- OCLC:
- 49276245
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