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Albion ascendant : English history, 1660-1815

Title
Albion ascendant : English history, 1660-1815 / Wilfrid Prest.
Author
Prest, Wilfrid R.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

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Description
xiv, 363 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
Summary
Between the return of the Stuart monarchy in 1660 and the battle of Waterloo, England emerged as a formidable superpower. This volume offers an overview of how England grew in power during the period.
Series Statement
The short Oxford history of the modern world
Uniform Title
Short Oxford history of the modern world
Subject
  • Geschichte 1660-1815
  • 1660-1837
  • Great Britain > History > 1714-1837
  • Great Britain > History > 1660-1714
  • Great Britain
  • Großbritannien
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [330]-344) and index.
Contents
Restoration England, 1660-1688 -- Post-revolutionary England, 1689-1715 -- Great Britain: liberty and property, 1707-1745 -- Empires won and lost, 1746-1788 -- Economic expansion and diversification, 1750-1815 -- Reform, revolution, reaction, 1789-1815.
ISBN
  • 0198204175
  • 9780198204176
  • 0198204183
  • 9780198204183
LCCN
98213944
OCLC
  • ocm39380583
  • 39380583
  • SCSB-14044059
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library