Empire, State and Society

Andrew T. Harris, Jamie L. Bronstein

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Altri dati

Formato:
Hardback
Editore:
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Anno di pubblicazione
2012
Lingua:
Inglese
Pagine:
352
Dimensioni:
252 X 176
Codice EAN:
9781405181815
Generi:
History, Britain & Ireland History, Contemporary History History, Modern History
Altre informazioni:
Illustrations, maps
Prezzo di copertina:
£ 55,00

I contenuti

Empire, State, and Society assesses the external and internal forces behind Britain's transformation from global superpower to its current position in the twenty-first century. The authors provide an accessible and balanced introduction, which is thoughtfully organized for ease of use for both students and teachers. * Offers a crucial comparative dimension which sets the experience of Britain alongside that of twenty-first-century superpower, the United States of America* Draws on recent scholarship to provide a highly current perspective* Organised to allow professors to assign readings with more or less depth as student abilities and course lengths allow* Written in a style that is wholly accessible and exciting for undergraduates in both the US and the UK

Indice

List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 Britain to 1830 4 2 Universal Suffrage and No Surrender: Politics at Home and Abroad, 1830-1867 30 3 Dark Satanic Mills? Economic and Social Change, 1830-1867 52 4 Utilitarians, Evangelicals, and Empire: Intellectual and Cultural Developments, 1830-1867 70 5 Democracy and Empire: Politics, 1867-1910 91 6 The Decline of the Aristocracy: Economic and Social Change, 1867-1910 110 7 Faith and Doubt? Cultural Change, 1867-1910 125 8 In Flanders Fields: Britain and the Great War, 1910-1918 147 9 Nationalism and Depression: Politics, Economics, and Social Change, 1919-1939 168 10 Culture and Ideas between the Wars, 1919-1939 191 11 London Burning: Britain in the Second WorldWar 206 12 Winds of Change: Politics, 1945-1979 222 13 Building a Welfare State: Society and the Economy, 1945-1979 242 14 Meet the Beatles: Cultural and Intellectual Developments, 1945-1979 259 15 From Rule Britannia to Cool Britannia: Politics, 1979-2007 277 16 Whither Britain? Society and Culture since 1979 296 Appendix: Reigns and Ministries since 1830 312 Bibliography 315 Index 330

L'Autore

Jamie L. Bronstein is Professor of History at New Mexico State University. She is the author of three books: Land Reform and Working-Class Experience in Britain and the United States, 1800-1862 (1999), Caught in the Machinery: Workplace Accidents and Injured Workers in Nineteenth-Century Britain (2008), and Transatlantic Radical: John Francis Bray (2009). Andrew T. Harris is Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, Bridgewater State University. He is the author of Policing the City: Crime and Legal Authority in London, 1780-1840 (2004).

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Early Modern England 1485-1714: A Narrative History Second Edition Robert Bucholz & Newton Key Sources and Debates in English History: 1485-1714 Second Edition Edited by Newton Key & Robert Bucholz Imperial Island: A History of Britain and Its Empire, 1660-1837 Paul Kleber Monod A History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the present Ellis Wasson Sources and Debates in Modern British History: 1714 to the present Edited by Ellis Wasson