LEADER 03560nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910451921603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-14717-6 010 $a0-19-156620-9 010 $a1-4356-1799-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000482303 035 $a(EBL)422609 035 $a(OCoLC)191027971 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001146883 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12490422 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001146883 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11129844 035 $a(PQKB)10045071 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000195243 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11937277 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000195243 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10243514 035 $a(PQKB)11775474 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC422609 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL422609 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10211783 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL114717 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000482303 100 $a20050914d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA mad, bad, and dangerous people?$b[electronic resource] $eEngland, 1783-1846 /$fBoyd Hilton 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (xxv, 757 pages) 225 1 $aNew Oxford History of England 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-921891-9 311 $a0-19-822830-9 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aIn a period scarred by apprehensions of revolution, war, invasion, poverty, and disease, elite members of society lived in constant fear of what they thought of as the 'mad, bad, and dangerous people'. Boyd Hilton examines the changes in politics and society in the years 1783-1846, and how the raffish and rakish style of eighteenth-century society, having reached a peak in the Regency, then succumbed to the new norms of respectability popularly known as 'Victorianism'. - ;This was a transformative period in English history. In 1783 the country was at one of the lowest points in its fortunes, h 410 0$aNew Oxford History of England 606 $aNational characteristics, English$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aNational characteristics, English$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yGeorge III, 1760-1820 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yWilliam IV, 1830-1837 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yGeorge IV, 1820-1830 607 $aEngland$xCivilization$y19th century 607 $aEngland$xCivilization$y18th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNational characteristics, English$xHistory 615 0$aNational characteristics, English$xHistory 676 $a941.07/3 700 $aHilton$b Boyd$0249366 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451921603321 996 $aA mad, bad, and dangerous people$92180149 997 $aUNINA