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



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Autore: Hilton Boyd Visualizza persona
Titolo: A mad, bad, and dangerous people? [[electronic resource] ] : England, 1783-1846 / / Boyd Hilton Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxv, 757 pages)
Disciplina: 941.07/3
Soggetto topico: National characteristics, English - History - 19th century
National characteristics, English - History - 18th century
Soggetto geografico: 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
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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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ISBN: 1-281-14717-6
0-19-156620-9
1-4356-1799-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910451921603321
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Serie: New Oxford History of England