| Description | | - Most comprehensive and authoritative short guide to the eighteenth-century Britain
- Highly acclaimed text, first published in the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain
- Revised and updated for this edition
- Indispensable for students and general readers
| | First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain
, Paul Langford's Very Short Introduction to Eighteenth-Century Britain
spans from the aftermath of the Revolution of 1688 to Pitt the Younger's defeat at attempted parliamentary reform.
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Readership: The general reader or student interested in eighteenth-century British history.
| Contents |
1.
Revolution and its repercussions
2.
The rise of Robinocracy
3.
Industry and idleness
4.
The making of middle England
5.
The politics of protest
6.
Rebellion and reform
Further reading
Chronology
Prime ministers 1721-89
Index
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Paul Langford, Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford
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