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

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2002.
Description
xviii, 550 pages : maps ; 26 cm

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    Series
    Blackwell companions to British history [More in this series]
    Summary note
    "The volume examines political developments including the founding of the constitution and political system in 1688 and the development of the parry political system. It describes economic and social developments in the towns and country which signalled the advent of 'modern' society and the cultural advances in the arts, philosophy and the press which greatly interested other European nations. The book also reminds readers that religion remained a powerful force and preoccupation throughout this period and covers the discussions over religious tolerance. There is also a section on the creation of the United Kingdom from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and the serious divisions that still remained. Finally, the book reveals how Britain became a world power, developing and then losing one empire in America but soon acquiring another in India."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [499]-515) and index.
    Contents
    • The British Constitution / H.T. Dickinson
    • The British state / Eckhart Hellmuth
    • Finance and taxation / Patrick Karl O'Brien
    • Local government and local society / David Eastwood
    • Parliament, parties and elections (1688-1760) / Brian Hill
    • Parliament, parties and elections (1760-1815) / Stephen M. Lee
    • The Jacobite movement / Daniel Szechi
    • Popular politics and radical ideas / H.T. Dickinson
    • The crisis of the French Revolution / Emma Vincent Macleod
    • Manufacturing and commerce / John Rule
    • Agriculture and rural life / Gordon Mingay
    • The landed elite / Richard G. Wilson
    • The middling orders / Nicholas Rogers
    • The labouring poor / John Rule
    • Urban life and culture / Peter Borsay
    • Women and the family / John D. Ramsbottom
    • The Church of England / Jeremy Gregory
    • Religious minorities in England / Colin Haydon
    • Methodism and the evangelical revival / G.M. Ditchfield
    • Religion in Scotland / Stewart J. Brown
    • Religion in Ireland / Sean J. Connolly.
    • Print culture / Bob Harris
    • Political ideas from Locke to Paine / Pamela Edwards
    • The making of elite culture / Maura A. Henry
    • Literature and drama / J. Alan Downie
    • Popular culture / Bob Bushaway
    • Crime and punishment / James A. Sharpe
    • Integration: patriotism and nationalism / Colin Kidd
    • Scotland and the union / Alexander Murdoch
    • Wales in the eighteenth century / Geraint H. Jenkins
    • Ireland: the making of the 'Protestant ascendancy', 1690-1760 / Paddy McNally
    • Ireland: radicalism, rebellion and union / Martyn J. Powell
    • Britain's emergence as a European power, 1688-1815 / H.M. Scott
    • Britain and the Atlantic world / W.A. Speck
    • Britain and India / Bruce P. Lenman
    • The British army / Stanley D.M. Carpenter
    • The royal navy / Richard Harding
    • Britain and the slave trade / John Oldfield.
    ISBN
    • 0631218378
    • 9780631218371
    LCCN
    2002022769
    OCLC
    49276245
    International Article Number
    • 9780631218371
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