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British Society 1680-1880: Dynamism, Containment and Change

Door Richard Price

Categorie
Europa
Boeknummer
#381135-UC13
Titel
British Society 1680-1880: Dynamism, Containment and Change
Auteur
Price, Richard
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
Jaar van uitgave
1999
ISBN10
0521657016
ISBN13
9780521657013
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Richard Price here offers a sweeping interpretation of modern British history. He challenges the dominant assumption that the nineteenth century marked the beginning of modern Britain. British Society argues on the contrary that nineteenth-century British society was the extension of an earlier era whose main themes first appeared in the late seventeenth century and which continued to shape the social, economic and political history of the country until the end of the nineteenth century. This book casts light on the main themes of economic, political and social history, and offers alternative interpretations on questions and issues that are central to the history of modern Britain. It follows in the great tradition of works such as Briggs's Age of Improvement, and Perkin's Origins of Moder... (Lees verder)n English Society, and will be of enormous interest to all students and scholars of the period.
Pagina's
366
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 9,00

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