Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download The Eighteenth Century PDF full book. Access full book title The Eighteenth Century by Paul Langford. Download full books in PDF and EPUB format.
Author: Paul Langford Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0198731310 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 303
Book Description
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.
Author: Paul Langford Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0198731310 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 303
Book Description
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.
Author: Paul Langford Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks ISBN: 0192853996 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 129
Book Description
Part of The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, this book spans from the aftermath of the Revolution of 1688 to Pitt the Younger's defeat at attempted parliamentary reform.
Author: David Spadafora Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 9780300046717 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 488
Book Description
The idea of progress stood at the very center of the intellectual world of eighteenth-century Britain, closely linked to every major facet of the British Enlightenment as well as to the economic revolutions of the period. Drawing on hundreds of eighteenth-century books and pamphlets, David Spadafora here provides the most extensive discussion ever written of this prevailing sense of historical optimism.
Author: Paul Langford Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0191518115 Category : History Languages : en Pages :
Book Description
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. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author: Jeremy Black Publisher: St. Martin's Press ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 266
Book Description
Georgian Britain experienced a cultural renaissance in the form of the Enlightenment, the establishment of an empire & the beginning of the first industrial revolution.
Author: Frank O'Gorman Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1472508939 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 457
Book Description
This long-awaited second edition sees this classic text by a leading scholar given a new lease of life. It comes complete with a wealth of original material on a range of topics and takes into account the vital research that has been undertaken in the field in the last two decades. The book considers the development of the internal structure of Britain and explores the growing sense of British nationhood. It looks at the role of religion in matters of state and society, in addition to society's own move towards a class-based system. Commercial and imperial expansion, Britain's role in Europe and the early stages of liberalism are also examined. This new edition is fully updated to include: - Revised and thorough treatments of the themes of gender and religion and of the 1832 Reform Act - New sections on 'Commerce and Empire' and 'Britain and Europe' - Several new maps and charts - A revised introduction and a more extensive conclusion - Updated note sections and bibliographies The Long Eighteenth Century is the essential text for any student seeking to understand the nuances of this absorbing period of British history.
Author: Paul Langford
Author: Paul Langford
Author: Paul Langford
Author: Ronald Walter Harris
Author: David Spadafora
Author: Paul Langford
Author: William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Author: Jeremy Black
Author: Frank O'Gorman
Author: Simon Maccoby
Author: Simon Maccoby