A Companion to Nineteenth-Century BritainChris Williams John Wiley & Sons, 2004 M07 16 - 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.
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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 |
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 |
Sexuality | 430 |
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 |
Class and the Classes | 305 |
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