A companion to eighteenth-century Britain
This authoritative Companion to eighteenth-century Britain includes essays by nearly forty experts from the UK, Europe, the United States and Canada. It introduces students, teachers and general readers to the developments that led 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. The volume examines political developments including the founding of the constitution and political system in 1688 and the development of the party political system. It describes economic and social developments in the towns and country which signalled the advent of 'modern' society and the cultural advances in the arts, philosophy and the press which greatly interested other European nations. The book also reminds readers that religion remained a powerful force and preoccupation throughout this period and covers the discussions over religious tolerance. There is also a section on the creation of the United Kingdom from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and the serious divisions that still remained.; Finally, the book reveals how Britain became a world power, developing and then losing one empire in America but soon acquiring another in India. This companion is based on recent research and clearly presents the current state of knowledge and interpretation, demonstrating why this period has recently attracted new scholarly initiatives and historical enquiries. Review quotes: "If this volume is any indication, the series will be successful. Dickinson has collected an array of prominent historians to digest and briefly discuss the trends in their respective fields. This is a collection of essays that most students will find exceptionally useful, and most faculty members will appreciate: Highly recommended."--"Choice". "The accounts are succinct, very up-to-date and based upon regional as well as national evidence."--"Northern History."
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9780470998885, 9781405123167, 9780631218371, 9781405165648, 9781280284489, 9780470998878, 9781405149631, 0470998881, 1405123168, 0631218378, 1405165642, 128028448X, 0470998873, 1405149639
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COVER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF MAPS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
INRODUCTION
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PART I: POLITICS AND THE CONSTITUTION
1 The British Constitution
2 The British State
3 Finance and Taxation
4 Local Government and Local Society
5 Parliament, Parties and Elections (1688 ... 1760)
6 Parliament, Parties and Elections (1760 ... 1815)
7 The Jacobite Movement
8 Popular Politics and Radical Ideas
9 The Crisis of the French Revolution
PART II: THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
10 Manufacturing and Commerce
11 Agriculture and Rural Life
12 The Landed Elite
13 The Middling Orders
14 The Labouring Poor
15 Urban Life and Culture
16 Women and the Family
PART III: RELIGION
17 The Church of England
18 Religious Minorities in England
19 Methodism and the Evangelical Revival
20 Religion in Scotland
21 Religion in Ireland
PART IV: CULTURE
22 Print Culture
23 Political Ideas from Locke to Paine
24 The Making of Elite Culture
25 Literature and Drama
26 Popular Culture
27 Crime and Punishment
PART V: UNION AND DISUNION IN THE BRITISH ISLES
28 Integration: Patriotism and Nationalism
29 Scotland and the Union
30 Wales in the Eighteenth Century
31 Ireland: The Making of the Protestant Ascendancy', 1690 ... 1760
32 Ireland: Radicalism, Rebellion and Union
PART VI: BRITAIN AND THE WIDER WORLD
33 Britain's Emergence as a European Power, 1688 ... 1815
34 Britain and the Atlantic World
35 Britain and India
36 The British Army
37 The Royal Navy
38 Britain and the Slave Trade
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