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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... Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland, 1707–1832 xxi Map 3 Ireland in the eighteenth century xxii Map 4 Towns with 2,500+ inhabitants in 1700 xxiii Map 5 Towns with 2,500+ inhabitants in 1750 xxiv Map 6 Towns with 2,500+ inhabitants ...
... Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland, 1707–1832 xxi Map 3 Ireland in the eighteenth century xxii Map 4 Towns with 2,500+ inhabitants in 1700 xxiii Map 5 Towns with 2,500+ inhabitants in 1750 xxiv Map 6 Towns with 2,500+ inhabitants ...
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... Parliamentary Lists 1660–1800. J. Alan Downie was educated at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He is currently Senior Pro-Warden (Academic) and Professor of English at Goldsmith's College, University of London. His publications ...
... Parliamentary Lists 1660–1800. J. Alan Downie was educated at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He is currently Senior Pro-Warden (Academic) and Professor of English at Goldsmith's College, University of London. His publications ...
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... Parliamentary Parties 1689–1742 and British Parliamentary Parties 1742–1832. Geraint H. Jenkins was educated at the University of Wales, Swansea. He is currently Professor of Welsh History at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and ...
... Parliamentary Parties 1689–1742 and British Parliamentary Parties 1742–1832. Geraint H. Jenkins was educated at the University of Wales, Swansea. He is currently Professor of Welsh History at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and ...
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... Parliamentary Politics in Early Hanoverian Ireland. Gordon Mingay was educated at Nottingham University. He is now retired, but his last appointment was as Professor of Agrarian History at the University of Kent. Among his many ...
... Parliamentary Politics in Early Hanoverian Ireland. Gordon Mingay was educated at Nottingham University. He is now retired, but his last appointment was as Professor of Agrarian History at the University of Kent. Among his many ...
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... Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland, 1707–1832 (adapted from W. A. Speck, The Birth ofBritain, Oxford, 1994). Map 3 Ireland in the eighteenth century (adapted from Geoffrey. Note: Counties with the same number took turns electing an ...
... Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland, 1707–1832 (adapted from W. A. Speck, The Birth ofBritain, Oxford, 1994). Map 3 Ireland in the eighteenth century (adapted from Geoffrey. Note: Counties with the same number took turns electing an ...
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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