Nineteenth-Century Britain : A Very Short Introduction

By:

Harvie, Christopher

Contributor(s):

Matthew, H. C. G

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2000.Edition: 1stDescription: 171p; paperbackISBN:

9780192853981

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

G 941.081 HARV

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Books	Kilachand Library	G 941.081 HARV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		026672

"Nineteenth-century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change - and an even more remarkable political stability. Britain in 1789 was overwhelmingly rural, agrarian, multilingual, and almost half Celtic. By 1914, when it faced its greatest test since the defeat of Napoleon, it was largely urban and English. Christopher Harvie and H.C.G. Matthew show the forces behind Britain's rise to its imperial zenith, and the continuing tensions within the nations and classes of the 'union state"

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