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Record Nr.

UNINA9910143254303321

Titolo

A companion to eighteenth-century Britain [[electronic resource] /] / edited by H.T. Dickinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub.

London, : Historical Association, 2002

ISBN

0-470-70207-9

0-470-99887-3

1-78268-453-0

1-280-28448-X

9786610284481

1-4051-6564-2

0-470-99888-1

1-4051-2316-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (582 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to British history

Altri autori (Persone)

DickinsonH. T

Disciplina

941.06

941.07

Soggetti

Història

Civilització

Llibres electrònics

Great Britain History 18th century Handbooks, manuals, etc

Great Britain Civilization 18th century Handbooks, manuals, etc

Gran Bretanya

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.