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Nineteenth-century Britain : a very short introduction / Christopher Harvie and H.C.G. Matthew.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harvie, Christopher, 1944-
- Series:
- Very short introductions ; 23.
- Very short introductions ; 23
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--History.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (168 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- This is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change, and an even more remarkable political stability as 19th century Britain moved from being rural, agrarian and multilingual to being largely urban and English.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- 1 Reflections on the Revolutions
- 2 Industrial Development
- 3 Reform and Religion
- 4 The Wars Abroad
- 5 Roads to Freedom
- 6 Coping with Reform
- 7 'Unless the Lord Build the City ...'
- 8 'The Ringing Grooves of Change'
- 9 Politics and Diplomacy: Palmerston's Years
- 10 Incorporation
- 11 Free Trade: An Industrial Economy Rampant
- 12 A Shifting Population: Town and Country
- 13 The Masses and the Classes: The Urban Worker
- 14 Clerks and Commerce: The Lower Middle Class
- 15 The Propertied Classes
- 16 Pomp and Circumstance
- 17 'A Great Change in Manners'
- 18 'Villa Tories': The Conservative Resurgence
- 19 Ireland, Scotland, Wales: Home Rule Frustrated
- 20 Reluctant Imperialists?
- 21 The Fin-de-Siècle Reaction: New Views of the State
- 22 Old Liberalism, New Liberalism, Labourism, and Tariff Reform
- 23 Edwardian Years: A Crisis of the State Contained
- 24 'Your English Summer's Done'
- Further Reading
- Chronology
- Prime Ministers 1789-1914
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-152) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-151810-7
- 1-4356-0946-8
- OCLC:
- 181740872
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