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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451921603321

Autore

Hilton Boyd

Titolo

A mad, bad, and dangerous people? [[electronic resource] ] : England, 1783-1846 / / Boyd Hilton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-281-14717-6

0-19-156620-9

1-4356-1799-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxv, 757 pages)

Collana

New Oxford History of England

Disciplina

941.07/3

Soggetti

National characteristics, English - History - 19th century

National characteristics, English - History - 18th century

Electronic books.

Great Britain History George III, 1760-1820

Great Britain History William IV, 1830-1837

Great Britain History George IV, 1820-1830

England Civilization 19th century

England Civilization 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures and Maps; List of Tables; Abbreviations; 1. ENGLAND 1783-1846: A PREVIEW; 2. POLITICS IN THE TIME OF PITT AND FOX, 1783-1807; 3. PITTISM AND PLUTOCRACY: THE SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS; 4. POLITICS IN THE TIME OF LIVERPOOL AND CANNING, 1807-1827; 5. RULING IDEOLOGIES; 6. THE CRISIS OF THE OLD ORDER, 1827-1832; 7. CONTESTING MECHANICAL PHILOSOPHY; 8. POLITICS IN THE TIME OF MELBOURNE AND PEEL, 1833-1846; 9. THE CONDITION AND RECONDITIONING OF ENGLAND; 10. AFTERWARDS: 'THERE ARE NO BARBARIANS ANY LONGER'; Chronology; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In a period scarred by apprehensions of revolution, war, invasion, poverty, and disease, elite members of society lived in constant fear of what they thought of as the 'mad, bad, and dangerous people'. Boyd



Hilton examines the changes in politics and society in the years 1783-1846, and how the raffish and rakish style of eighteenth-century society, having reached a peak in the Regency, then succumbed to the new norms of respectability popularly known as 'Victorianism'. - ;This was a transformative period in English history. In 1783 the country was at one of the lowest points in its fortunes, h

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451627403321

Autore

McGowan John <1953->

Titolo

American liberalism [[electronic resource] ] : an interpretation for our time / / John McGowan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8078-8507-X

0-8078-8508-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

H. Eugene & Lillian Youngs Lehman

Disciplina

320.510973

Soggetti

Liberalism - United States

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 2001-2009

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: America at the Crossroads; BOOK ONE: LIBERALISM: PRINCIPLES AND VALUES; BOOK TWO: LIBERALISM'S CRITICS; BOOK THREE: HISTORICAL INTERLUDE; BOOK FOUR: DEMOCRACY; CONCLUSION: Liberal versus Illiberal Democracy; APPENDIX: Relevant Facts and Figures; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Americans live in a liberal democracy. Yet, although democracy is widely touted today, liberalism is scorned by both the right and the left. The United States stands poised between its liberal democratic tradition and the illiberal alternatives of liberalism's critics. In an engaging and informative discussion, McGowan offers a ringing endorsement of American liberalism's basic principles, values, and commitments. He explains that the liberalism of the founders distributed power widely in



order to limit the power any one entity could exercise over others. Their aim was to provide for all an ef

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Record Nr.

UNICASRML0293098

Autore

Ashcroft, Neil W.

Titolo

Solid state physics / Neil W. Ashcroft, N. David Mermin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[s. l.], : Brooks/Cole, 1976

ISBN

0030839939

Descrizione fisica

XXI, 826 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Altri autori (Persone)

Mermin, N.David

Disciplina

530.41

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia