Research Catalog

Title

The age of improvement, 1783-1867 / by Asa Briggs.

Author

Briggs, Asa, 1921-

Publication

New York : Longman, 2000.

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Details

Description

ix, 486 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"The book stresses both the underlying unity and the rich variety of the age. The author discusses perceptions of, and reactions to, changing circumstances, the influence of religion and science on national life, and changing styles in art and literature." "The fundamental issues raised in the book relate to a period of crucial change in British history - industrialisation, war, constitutional change and the attitudes of politicians towards it, political development, and, not least, society and culture."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

A history of England

Uniform Title

History of England (Longman)

Subject

• 1760-1899
• Great Britain > History > George III, 1760-1820
• Great Britain > History > 19th century
• England > Civilization > 19th century

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 456-462) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Economy and society in the 1780s -- Politics and government on the eve of the French Revolution -- The impact of war -- The politics of transition -- Reform -- Social cleavage -- Britain and the world overseas -- The balance of interests -- Victorianism -- The leap in the dark.

ISBN

• 0582369606 (hardcover)
• 0582369592 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^99022388^

OCLC

• 40912700
• SCSB-11731894

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library