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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450807003321

Autore

Hopkins Eric

Titolo

Industrialisation and society : a social history, 1830-1951 / / Eric Hopkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-66098-7

1-280-32954-8

0-203-13089-8

0-203-17065-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Disciplina

306.30941

Soggetti

Industrialization - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Industrialization - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Great Britain Economic conditions 19th century

Great Britain Economic conditions 20th century

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. 280-291) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Introduction; 1 The Victorian inheritance; 2 The mid-century years; 3 After equipoise: urban problems, 1870-1900; 4 Industrial change and the countryside, 1830-1951; 5 The challenge from the left; 6 Edwardian England and the Liberal reforms; 7 The Great War, 1914-18; 8 The inter-war years, 1918-39; 9 War and the coming of the Welfare State; Envoi; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Indusrialisation and Society provides an essential introduction to the effects of industrialisation on British society, from Queen Victoria's reign to the birth of the welfare state in the 1940s.This book deals with the remarkable social consequences of the industrial revolution, as Britain changed into an urban society based on industry. As the first nation to undergo an industrial revolution, Britain was also the first to deal with the unprecedented social problems of rapid urbanisation



combined with an unparalleled growth in population.Industrialisation and Society