| Description |
1 online resource (354 pages) |
| Contents |
Empire, State, and Society; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Britain to 1830; 2 Universal Suffrage and No Surrender: Politics at Home and Abroad, 1830-1867; 3 Dark Satanic Mills? Economic and Social Change, 1830-1867; 4 Utilitarians, Evangelicals, and Empire: Intellectual and Cultural Developments, 1830-1867; 5 Democracy and Empire: Politics, 1867-1910; 6 The Decline of the Aristocracy: Economic and Social Change, 1867-1910; 7 Faith and Doubt? Cultural Change, 1867-1910; 8 In Flanders Fields: Britain and the Great War, 1910-1918 |
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9 Nationalism and Depression: Politics, Economics, and Social Change, 1919-193910 Culture and Ideas between the Wars, 1919-1939; 11 London Burning: Britain in the Second World War; 12 Winds of Change: Politics, 1945-1979; 13 Building a Welfare State: Society and the Economy, 1945-1979; 14 Meet the Beatles: Cultural and Intellectual Developments, 1945-1979; 15 From Rule Britannia to Cool Britannia: Politics, 1979-2007; 16 Whither Britain? Society and Culture since 1979; Appendix: Reigns and Ministries since 1830; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Empire, State, and Society assesses the external and internal forces behind Britain's transformation from global superpower to its current position in the twenty-first century. The authors provide an accessible and balanced introduction, which is thoughtfully organized for ease of use for both students and teachers. Offers a crucial comparative dimension which sets the experience of Britain alongside that of twenty-first-century superpower, the United States of AmericaDraws on recent scholarship to provide a highly current perspectiveOrganised to allow professors to assign readings with more or |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056819
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Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056824
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| Subject |
Great Britain.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Harris, Andrew T
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| ISBN |
9781444356984 |
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1444356984 |
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1405181818 |
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9781405181815 |
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