A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Britain

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Chris Williams
John Wiley & Sons, 2006 M10 20 - 624 pages

A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Britain presents 33 essays by expert scholars on all the major aspects of the political, social, economic and cultural history of Britain during the late Georgian and Victorian eras.

  • Truly British, rather than English, in scope.
  • Pays attention to the experiences of women as well as of men.
  • Illustrated with maps and charts.
  • Includes guides to further reading.

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Contents

Introduction
1
Britain and the World Economy
17
Britain and the European Balance of Power
34
Britain and Empire
53
The Armed Forces
79
The Dignified Parts
95
The State
110
Political Leadership and Political Parties 180046
125
Class and the Classes
305
Economic Thought
321
Religion
337
Literacy Learning and Education
353
The Press and the Printed Word
369
Crime Policing and Punishment
381
Popular Leisure and Sport
396
Health and Medicine
412

Political Leadership and Political Parties 18461900
140
Parliamentary Reform and the Electorate
156
Politics and Gender
174
Political Thought
189
Agriculture and Rural Society
205
Industry and Transport
223
Urbanization
238
The Family
253
Migration and Settlement
273
Standard of Living Quality of Life
287
Sexuality
430
The Arts
443
The Sciences
457
Politics in Ireland
473
Economy and Society in Ireland
489
Scotland
504
Wales
521
British Identities
534
Bibliography of Secondary Sources
553
Index
591

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About the author (2006)

Chris Williams is Professor of Welsh History at the University of Wales, Swansea. He is an editor of the Studies in Welsh History monograph series and a committee member of Llafur, the Welsh People’s History Society. He is the author of Democratic Rhondda: Politics and Society, 1885–1951 (1996), Capitalism, Community and Conflict: The South Wales Coalfield 1898–1947 (1998), and editor (with Duncan Tanner and Deian Hopkin) of The Labour Party in Wales, 1900–2000 (2000) and (with Jane Aaron) of Postcolonial Wales (2005).

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