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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... 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 in 1801 xxv Map 7 British North America c.1763 xxvi Map 8 The Caribbean in the eighteenth century xxvii Map ...
... 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 in 1801 xxv Map 7 British North America c.1763 xxvi Map 8 The Caribbean in the eighteenth century xxvii Map ...
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... Town, 1660–1770 and The Image of Georgian Bath 1700–2000: Towns, Heritage and History. Stewart J. Brown took his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. He is Professor ofEcclesiastical History and Dean of the Faculty of Divinity at the ...
... Town, 1660–1770 and The Image of Georgian Bath 1700–2000: Towns, Heritage and History. Stewart J. Brown took his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. He is Professor ofEcclesiastical History and Dean of the Faculty of Divinity at the ...
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... 5,000–10,000 2,500–5,000 N Population Over. Map 3 Ireland in the eighteenth century (adapted from Geoffrey Holmes and Daniel Szechi, The Age of Oligarchy, London, 1993). Map 4 Towns with 2,500+ inhabitants in 1700 (adapted from.
... 5,000–10,000 2,500–5,000 N Population Over. Map 3 Ireland in the eighteenth century (adapted from Geoffrey Holmes and Daniel Szechi, The Age of Oligarchy, London, 1993). Map 4 Towns with 2,500+ inhabitants in 1700 (adapted from.
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... Towns with 2,500+ inhabitants in 1700 (adapted from P. J. Corfield, The Impact of English Towns 1700–1800, Oxford, 1982). Map 5 Towns with 2,500+ inhabitants in 1750 (adapted from. 0 5miles 0 8km 0 5miles 0 8km.
... Towns with 2,500+ inhabitants in 1700 (adapted from P. J. Corfield, The Impact of English Towns 1700–1800, Oxford, 1982). Map 5 Towns with 2,500+ inhabitants in 1750 (adapted from. 0 5miles 0 8km 0 5miles 0 8km.
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... Towns with 2,500+ inhabitants in 1750 (adapted from P. J. Corfield, The Impact of English Towns 1700–1800, Oxford, 1982). Map 6 Towns with 2,500+ inhabitants in 1801 (adapted from. 0 5miles 0 8km.
... Towns with 2,500+ inhabitants in 1750 (adapted from P. J. Corfield, The Impact of English Towns 1700–1800, Oxford, 1982). Map 6 Towns with 2,500+ inhabitants in 1801 (adapted from. 0 5miles 0 8km.
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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