A companion to eighteenth-century Britain / edited by H.T. Dickinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dickinson, H. T.

Series:

Blackwell companions to British history.

Blackwell companions to British history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--18th century--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Civilization--18th century--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (582 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub. ; London : Historical Association, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This authoritative Companion introduces readers to the developments that lead to Britain becoming a great world power, the leading European imperial state, and, at the same time, the most economically and socially advanced, politically liberal and religiously tolerant nation in Europe. Covers political, social, cultural, economic and religious history. Written by an international team of experts. Examines Britain's position from the perspective of other European nations.

Contents:

A COMPANION TO EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN; Contents; List of Maps; List of Contributors; Introduction; Maps; Part I Politics and the Constitution; 1 The British Constitution; 2 The British State; 3 Finance and Taxation; 4 Local Government and Local Society; 5 Parliament, Parties and Elections (1688-1760); 6 Parliament, Parties and Elections (1760-1815); 7 The Jacobite Movement; 8 Popular Politics and Radical Ideas; 9 The Crisis of the French Revolution; Part II The Economy and Society; 10 Manufacturing and Commerce; 11 Agriculture and Rural Life; 12 The Landed Elite; 13 The Middling Orders

14 The Labouring Poor15 Urban Life and Culture; 16 Women and the Family; Part III Religion; 17 The Church of England; 18 Religious Minorities in England; 19 Methodism and the Evangelical Revival; 20 Religion in Scotland; 21 Religion in Ireland; Part IV Culture; 22 Print Culture; 23 Political Ideas from Locke to Paine; 24 The Making of Elite Culture; 25 Literature and Drama; 26 Popular Culture; 27 Crime and Punishment; Part V Union and Disunion in the British Isles; 28 Integration: Patriotism and Nationalism; 29 Scotland and the Union; 30 Wales in the Eighteenth Century

31 Ireland: The Making of the 'Protestant Ascendancy', 1690-176032 Ireland: Radicalism, Rebellion and Union; Part VI Britain and the Wider World; 33 Britain's Emergence as a European Power, 1688-1815; 34 Britain and the Atlantic World; 35 Britain and India; 36 The British Army; 37 The Royal Navy; 38 Britain and the Slave Trade; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p.[499]-513) and index.

ISBN:

9786610284481

9780470702079

0470702079

9780470998878

0470998873

9781782684534

1782684530

9781280284489

128028448X

9781405165648

1405165642

9780470998885

0470998881

9781405123167

1405123168

OCLC:

437157438