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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... interest in intellectual discourse, in the role of gender and of women, and in crime and disorder. Whatever their particular research interests, all historians now agree that eighteenth-century Britain was A COMPANION TO EIGHTEENTH ...
... interest in intellectual discourse, in the role of gender and of women, and in crime and disorder. Whatever their particular research interests, all historians now agree that eighteenth-century Britain was A COMPANION TO EIGHTEENTH ...
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H. T. Dickinson. research interests, all historians now agree that eighteenth-century Britain was a vibrant, multi-faceted and multi-layered society that cannot be understood without making an effort to examine the old and the new, the ...
H. T. Dickinson. research interests, all historians now agree that eighteenth-century Britain was a vibrant, multi-faceted and multi-layered society that cannot be understood without making an effort to examine the old and the new, the ...
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... interests. Conservative commentators believed that the House of Commons did effectively represent the people and their interests. It was claimed that parliament represented all the powerful interests in the country since many of the ...
... interests. Conservative commentators believed that the House of Commons did effectively represent the people and their interests. It was claimed that parliament represented all the powerful interests in the country since many of the ...
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... interest. By such means crown patronage could strongly influence though not entirely control the votes of about 100MPs in the earlier eighteenth century and perhaps 200 in the later eighteenth century. This bloc of pro-government MPs ...
... interest. By such means crown patronage could strongly influence though not entirely control the votes of about 100MPs in the earlier eighteenth century and perhaps 200 in the later eighteenth century. This bloc of pro-government MPs ...
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... interest in about 100 seats in the earlier eighteenth century and double that by late in the century. Despite the ... interests in the state, how to raise the necessary loans and taxes to fund government policies, and how to keep the ...
... interest in about 100 seats in the earlier eighteenth century and double that by late in the century. Despite the ... interests in the state, how to raise the necessary loans and taxes to fund government policies, and how to keep the ...
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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