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UNINA9910824221203321 |
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Autore |
Harvie Christopher <1944-> |
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Titolo |
Nineteenth-century Britain : a very short introduction / / Christopher Harvie and H.C.G. Matthew |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-151810-7 |
1-4356-0946-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (168 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
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Collana |
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Very short introductions ; ; 23 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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MatthewH. C. G (Henry Colin Gray) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Great Britain History |
Great Britain History 19th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-152) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- 1 Reflections on the Revolutions -- 2 Industrial Development -- 3 Reform and Religion -- 4 The Wars Abroad -- 5 Roads to Freedom -- 6 Coping with Reform -- 7 'Unless the Lord Build the City ...' -- 8 'The Ringing Grooves of Change' -- 9 Politics and Diplomacy: Palmerston's Years -- 10 Incorporation -- 11 Free Trade: An Industrial Economy Rampant -- 12 A Shifting Population: Town and Country -- 13 The Masses and the Classes: The Urban Worker -- 14 Clerks and Commerce: The Lower Middle Class -- 15 The Propertied Classes -- 16 Pomp and Circumstance -- 17 'A Great Change in Manners' -- 18 'Villa Tories': The Conservative Resurgence -- 19 Ireland, Scotland, Wales: Home Rule Frustrated -- 20 Reluctant Imperialists? -- 21 The Fin-de-Siècle Reaction: New Views of the State -- 22 Old Liberalism, New Liberalism, Labourism, and Tariff Reform -- 23 Edwardian Years: A Crisis of the State Contained -- 24 'Your English Summer's Done' -- Further Reading -- Chronology -- Prime Ministers 1789-1914 -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change, and an even more remarkable political stability as 19th century Britain moved from being rural, agrarian and multilingual to being |
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