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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H. T. Dickinson. A Companion to EighteenthCentury Britain H. T. Dickinson A COMPANION TO EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN Edited by H. T. Dickinson. Front Cover.
H. T. Dickinson. A Companion to EighteenthCentury Britain H. T. Dickinson A COMPANION TO EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN Edited by H. T. Dickinson. Front Cover.
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... eighteenth-century Britain / edited by H. T. Dickinson. p. cm. – (Blackwell companions to British history) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-631-21837-8 1. Great Britain – History – 18th century – Handbooks ...
... eighteenth-century Britain / edited by H. T. Dickinson. p. cm. – (Blackwell companions to British history) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-631-21837-8 1. Great Britain – History – 18th century – Handbooks ...
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H. T. Dickinson. Contributors. Introduction H. T. Dickinson Fifty years ago historians studying eighteenth-century. Peter Borsay was educated at Lancaster University and is at present ... EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN: List of Contributors.
H. T. Dickinson. Contributors. Introduction H. T. Dickinson Fifty years ago historians studying eighteenth-century. Peter Borsay was educated at Lancaster University and is at present ... EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN: List of Contributors.
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... Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688–1820. Richard Harding graduated from Leicester University and took his Ph.D. at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is currently Professor of Organizational History at the University of ...
... Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688–1820. Richard Harding graduated from Leicester University and took his Ph.D. at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is currently Professor of Organizational History at the University of ...
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... MidEighteenth-Century Scotland and British History 1660–1832: National Identity and Local Culture. Patrick Karl O'Brien was educated and taught at the University of Oxford before becoming Director of the Institute of Historical Research ...
... MidEighteenth-Century Scotland and British History 1660–1832: National Identity and Local Culture. Patrick Karl O'Brien was educated and taught at the University of Oxford before becoming Director of the Institute of Historical Research ...
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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