| Reviews |
| - 'An excellent, up-to-date and highly efficient book. Dr D. L. Smith, Fellow/Director of Studies, Selwyn College, Cambridge' -
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| Description | | - Covers a long 18th century from the accession of William and Mary to the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo
- Provides a unique integrated coverage of Britain and Ireland
- Diverse coverage includes cultural, religious, and intellectual history alongside material history
- Chapters written by a leading team of contributors, ensuring mature and reliable scholarship
| | This volume takes a thematic approach to the history of the eighteenth century in the British Isles, covering such issues as domestic politics (including popular political culture), religious developments and change, and social and demographic structure and growth. Paul Langford heads a leading team of contributors, to present a lively picture of an era of intense change and growth in which
all parts of Britain and Ireland were increasingly bound together by economic expansion and political unification. |
Readership: Undergraduates studying the history of the British Isles in the eighteenth century. Background reading for students of eighteenth-century philosophy, politics, and literature. Also for the interested general reader.
| Contents |
Introduction: Time and space
,
Paul Langford
1.
Contested kingdoms, 1688-1796
,
David Hayton
2.
Enlightenment and faith
,
David Hempton
3.
Governing diverse societies
,
Joanna Innes
4.
The wealth of the nation
,
Martin Daunton
5.
The culture of improvement
,
Peter Borsay
6.
Contested Empire, 1756-1815
,
Michael Duffy
Epilogue
,
Paul Langford
Further Reading
Chronology
Maps
Index
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Edited by Paul Langford, Lincoln College, University of Oxford
| Contributors:Peter Borsay, University of Wales, Lampeter
Martin Daunton, Churchill College, Cambridge
Michael Duffy, University of Exeter
David Hayton, Queen's University, Belfast
David Hempton, Queen's University, Belfast
Joanna Innes, Somerville College, Oxford |
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