ID | 011188 |
Call Number | 941.081/HAR |
Title Proper | Nineteenth - Century Britian: a very short introduction |
Language | ENG |
Author | Harvie, Christopher ; Matthew, H.C.G. |
Publication | New York, Oxford University Press, 2000. |
Description | 171p Blue Spine |
Series | Very Short Introductions |
Note | Nineteenth-century Britain gives a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change - and an even more remarkable political stability. |
Note | Reflections on the revolutions Industrial development Reform and religion The wars abroad Roads to freedom Coping with reform Unless the Lord build the city The ringing grooves of change Politics and diplomacy: Palmerstons years Incorporation Free trade: an industrial economy rampant A shifting population: town and country The masses and the classes: the urban worker Clerks and commerce: the lower middle class The propertied classes Pomp and circumstance A great change in manners Villa Tories: the Conservative resurgence Ireland, Scotland, Wales: Home Rule frustrated Reluctant imperialists? The fin-de-si`ecle reaction: new views of the State Old Liberalism, New Liberalism, Labourism, and tariff reform Edwardian years: a crisis of the State contained Your English summers done Further reading Chronology Prime ministers 1789-1914 Index |
Standard Number | 0192853988 |
Price. Qualification | Rs.100(Pb) |
Classification Number | 941.081 |
Key Words | Great Britain - History - 19th century |