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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... British Army Stanley D. M. Carpenter 37 The Royal Navy Richard Harding 38 Britain and the Slave Trade John Oldfield Bibliography Index 344 358 367 369 381 392 403 414 429 431 447 460 473 481 489 499 516 List of Maps Map 1 The counties ...
... British Army Stanley D. M. Carpenter 37 The Royal Navy Richard Harding 38 Britain and the Slave Trade John Oldfield Bibliography Index 344 358 367 369 381 392 403 414 429 431 447 460 473 481 489 499 516 List of Maps Map 1 The counties ...
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... navy officers, the judges (who could speak but not vote), and several holders of royal pensions. The number of peers holding positions of profit or trust under the crown increased from about fifty earlier in the eighteenth century to ...
... navy officers, the judges (who could speak but not vote), and several holders of royal pensions. The number of peers holding positions of profit or trust under the crown increased from about fifty earlier in the eighteenth century to ...
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... Navy Office, the Post Office, the offices of the two or three secretaries of state, and the Board of Trade. The Home ... royal patronage. The lord lieutenant commanded the militia and nominated the justices of the peace (JPs), who were ...
... Navy Office, the Post Office, the offices of the two or three secretaries of state, and the Board of Trade. The Home ... royal patronage. The lord lieutenant commanded the militia and nominated the justices of the peace (JPs), who were ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Britain Blackwell Companions to British History |
| Editor | H. T. Dickinson |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0470998873, 9780470998878 |
| Length | 592 pages |
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