A Companion to Eighteenth-Century BritainH. T. Dickinson John Wiley & Sons, 2008 M04 15 - 592 pages This authoritative Companion introduces readers to the developments that lead to Britain becoming a great world power, the leading European imperial state, and, at the same time, the most economically and socially advanced, politically liberal and religiously tolerant nation in Europe.
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... history) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-631-21837-8 1. Great Britain – History – 18th century – Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Great Britain – Civilization – 18th century – Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Dickinson ...
... history) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-631-21837-8 1. Great Britain – History – 18th century – Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Great Britain – Civilization – 18th century – Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Dickinson ...
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H. T. Dickinson. BLACKWELL. COMPANIONS. TO. BRITISH. HISTORY. Published. in. association. with. The. Historical. Association. This series provides sophisticated and authoritative ... History Companions include: BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO HISTORY ...
H. T. Dickinson. BLACKWELL. COMPANIONS. TO. BRITISH. HISTORY. Published. in. association. with. The. Historical. Association. This series provides sophisticated and authoritative ... History Companions include: BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO HISTORY ...
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H. T. Dickinson. Other Blackwell History Companions include: BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO HISTORY Published A Companion to Western Historical Thought Edited by Lloyd Kramer and Sarah Maza In preparation A Companion to Gender History Edited by ...
H. T. Dickinson. Other Blackwell History Companions include: BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO HISTORY Published A Companion to Western Historical Thought Edited by Lloyd Kramer and Sarah Maza In preparation A Companion to Gender History Edited by ...
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... History at the University of Wales, Lampeter. His publications include The English Urban Renaissance: Culture and Society in the Provincial Town, 1660–1770 and The Image of Georgian Bath 1700–2000: Towns, Heritage and History. Stewart J ...
... History at the University of Wales, Lampeter. His publications include The English Urban Renaissance: Culture and Society in the Provincial Town, 1660–1770 and The Image of Georgian Bath 1700–2000: Towns, Heritage and History. Stewart J ...
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... History department at Yale University. She has published learned articles in the History of Political Thought and Enlightenment and Dissent, and is revising her book on the political thought of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Jeremy Gregory ...
... History department at Yale University. She has published learned articles in the History of Political Thought and Enlightenment and Dissent, and is revising her book on the political thought of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Jeremy Gregory ...
Contents
Part II The Economy and Society | 125 |
Part III Religion | 223 |
Part IV Culture | 281 |
Part V Union and Disunion in the British Isles | 367 |
Part VI Britain and the Wider World | 429 |
Bibliography | 499 |
Index | 516 |
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