British History 1815-1914
Title | British History 1815-1914 PDF eBook |
Author | Norman McCord |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 616 |
Release | 2007-10-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0191528455 |
This fully revised and updated edition of Norman McCord's authoritative introduction to nineteenth century British history has been extended to cover the period up to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. The nineteenth and early twentieth century saw the transformation of Britain from a predominantly rural to a largely urban society with an economy based upon manufacturing, finance, and trade, and from a society governed mainly by a landed aristocracy to what was increasingly a mass democracy. The authors chart the development of a modern state equipped with a large and expanding bureaucracy, the expansion of overseas territories into one of the world's greatest empires, and changes in religion, social attitudes, and culture. The book divides the era into four chronological periods, with chapters on the political background, administrative development, and social, economic, and cultural changes in each period. Exploring major themes such as the massive increase in population, the question of class, the scope of state activity, and the development of consumerism, leisure, and entertainment, and including a select bibliography and biographical appendix, this updated new edition provides the ultimate introduction to British history between the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the outbreak of the First World War.
British History 1815-1914
Title | British History 1815-1914 PDF eBook |
Author | Norman McCord |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 612 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199233195 |
This fully revised and updated new edition, extended to cover the period up to 1914, provides the ultimate introduction to British history between the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the outbreak of the First World War.
The Story of the People of Britain: 1689-1815
Title | The Story of the People of Britain: 1689-1815 PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Sarson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 1918 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
The Story of the People of Britain: 1815-1914
Title | The Story of the People of Britain: 1815-1914 PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Sarson |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1918 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
A History of the English People ...: England in 1815
Title | A History of the English People ...: England in 1815 PDF eBook |
Author | Élie Halévy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 604 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
British History 1815-1914
Title | British History 1815-1914 PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Peter Hill |
Publisher | |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
A History of the English People in the Nineteenth Century: England in 1815
Title | A History of the English People in the Nineteenth Century: England in 1815 PDF eBook |
Author | Elie Halévy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 964 |
Release | 1949 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
Vol. 1 translated by E.I. Watkin and D.A. Barker, with an introduction by R.B. McCallum. Vol. 4 "contains in part I a reprint of The age of Peel and Cobden and in part II Mr. R.B. McCallum's essay and chronological table."--Page v. Includes bibliographies. 1. England in 1815.--2. The liberal awakening, 1815-1830.--3. The triumph of reform, 1830-1841.--4. Victorian years, 1841-1895.--5. Imperialism and the rise of labour.--6. The rule of democracy, 1905-1914, bks. I. & II.