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A mad, bad, and dangerous people? : England, 1783-1846 / Boyd Hilton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hilton, Boyd.
- Series:
- New Oxford History of England
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National characteristics, English--History--19th century.
- National characteristics, English.
- National characteristics, English--History--18th century.
- Great Britain--History--George III, 1760-1820.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--History--William IV, 1830-1837.
- Great Britain--History--George IV, 1820-1830.
- England--Civilization--19th century.
- England.
- England--Civilization--18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxv, 757 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In a period scarred by apprehensions of revolution, war, invasion, poverty, and disease, elite members of society lived in constant fear of what they thought of as the 'mad, bad, and dangerous people'. Boyd Hilton examines the changes in politics and society in the years 1783-1846, and how the raffish and rakish style of eighteenth-century society, having reached a peak in the Regency, then succumbed to the new norms of respectability popularly known as 'Victorianism'. - ;This was a transformative period in English history. In 1783 the country was at one of the lowest points in its fortunes, h
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures and Maps; List of Tables; Abbreviations; 1. ENGLAND 1783-1846: A PREVIEW; 2. POLITICS IN THE TIME OF PITT AND FOX, 1783-1807; 3. PITTISM AND PLUTOCRACY: THE SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS; 4. POLITICS IN THE TIME OF LIVERPOOL AND CANNING, 1807-1827; 5. RULING IDEOLOGIES; 6. THE CRISIS OF THE OLD ORDER, 1827-1832; 7. CONTESTING MECHANICAL PHILOSOPHY; 8. POLITICS IN THE TIME OF MELBOURNE AND PEEL, 1833-1846; 9. THE CONDITION AND RECONDITIONING OF ENGLAND; 10. AFTERWARDS: 'THERE ARE NO BARBARIANS ANY LONGER'; Chronology; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-14717-6
- 0-19-156620-9
- 1-4356-1799-1
- OCLC:
- 191027971
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