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A companion to eighteenth-century Britain / edited by H.T. Dickinson.
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/Created
Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub. ; London : Historical Association, 2002.
Description
1 online resource (582 p.)
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Great Britain
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History
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18th century
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Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Great Britain
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Civilization
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18th century
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Dickinson, H. T.
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Series
Blackwell companions to British history.
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Summary note
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.
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Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p.[499]-513) and index.
Language note
English
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
ISBN
9786610284481
9780470702079
0470702079
9780470998878
0470998873
9781782684534
1782684530
9781280284489
128028448X
9781405165648
1405165642
9780470998885
0470998881
9781405123167
1405123168
OCLC
437157438
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