Eighteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction - Brossura

Langford, Paul

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ISBN 10: 0192853996 ISBN 13: 9780192853998

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2005

Riassunto

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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Su questo libro

L'autore:

Paul Langford, formerly Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford, since 1996; Fellow, and Tutor in Modern History, Lincoln College, since 1970; Chairman and Chief Executive, Arts and Humanities Research Board, since 1998. His publications include A Polite and Commercial People 1727-83 (1989) and Public Life and the Propertied Englishman 1689-1789 (1991).

Contenuti:

• 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

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0192853996
• ISBN 13: 9780192853998
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 128