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Empire, State, and Society – Britain since 1830 de J Bronstein

Empire, State, and Society – Britain since 1830

Autor J Bronstein
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 feb 2012
Empire, State, and Society assesses the external and internal forces behind Britain′s transformation from global superpower to its current position in the twenty–first century. The authors provide an accessible and balanced introduction, which is thoughtfully organized for ease of use for both students and teachers.
  • Offers a crucial comparative dimension which sets the experience of Britain alongside that of twenty–first–century superpower, the United States of America
  • Draws on recent scholarship to provide a highly current perspective
  • Organised to allow professors to assign readings with more or less depth as student abilities and course lengths allow
  • Written in a style that is wholly accessible and exciting for undergraduates in both the US and the UK
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781405181808
ISBN-10: 140518180X
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 172 x 247 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Introductory–level courses in British history that spans the time period; also appropriate as background reading for courses on Victorian Britain, and nineteenth and twentieth century Britain

Descriere

In the nineteenth century, Great Britain was a world–recognized superpower. Tremendous economic growth fostered a daunting formal empire, global networks of trade and investment, and a formidable military. By the late twentieth century this position of dominance had eroded significantly under the stress of two world wars, rising nationalist movements, shifting geopolitics, and the transformation to a post–industrial economy. As Britain adjusts to her new place in the post–colonial world, Empire, State, and Society assesses the external and internal forces behind these transformations.
The authors draw on the most recent scholarship to give due importance to social, economic, and cultural changes as well as politics and international diplomacy. Divided into chapters both chronologically and thematically, Empire, State, and Society enables detailed exploration of issues such as race, gender, religion, and the environment. In doing so, the book provides an accessible, comprehensive, and balanced introduction to British history.

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In the nineteenth century, Great Britain was a world–recognized superpower. Tremendous economic growth fostered a daunting formal empire, global networks of trade and investment, and a formidable military. By the late twentieth century this position of dominance had eroded significantly under the stress of two world wars, rising nationalist movements, shifting geopolitics, and the transformation to a post–industrial economy. As Britain adjusts to her new place in the post–colonial world, Empire, State, and Society assesses the external and internal forces behind these transformations.
The authors draw on the most recent scholarship to give due importance to social, economic, and cultural changes as well as politics and international diplomacy. Divided into chapters both chronologically and thematically, Empire, State, and Society enables detailed exploration of issues such as race, gender, religion, and the environment. In doing so, the book provides an accessible, comprehensive, and balanced introduction to British history.

Cuprins

Introduction Chapter 1: Britain to 1830 Chapter 2: Universal Suffrage and No Surrender: Politics at Home and Abroad, 1830-1867 Chapter 3: Dark Satanic Mills? Economic and Social Change, 1830-1867 Chapter 4: Utilitarians, Evangelicals, and Empire: Intellectual and Cultural Developments, 1830-1867 Chapter 5: Democracy and Empire: Politics, 1867-1910 Chapter 6: The Decline of the Aristocracy: Economic and Social Change, 1867-1910 Chapter 7: Faith and Doubt? Cultural Change, 1867-1910 Chapter 8: In Flanders Fields: Britain and the Great War, 1910-1918 Chapter 9: Nationalism and Depression: Politics, Economics and Social Change 1919-1939 Chapter 10: Culture and Ideas between the Wars, 1919-1939 Chapter 11: London Burning: Britain in the Second World War Chapter 12: Winds of Change and Rivers of Blood: Politics, 1945-1979 Chapter 13: Building a Welfare State: Society and the Economy, 1945-1979 Chapter 14: Meet the Beatles: Cultural and Intellectual Developments, 1945-1979 Chapter 15: From Rule Britannia to Cool Britannia: Politics, since 1979 Chapter 16: Whither Britain? Society and Culture, since 1979 Appendix: List of Reigns and Ministries since 1830

Recenzii

?Nevertheless, for those looking for a concise, coherent, and accessible introduction to 19th– and 20th–century British history at the undergraduate level, this book is definitely worthy of serious consideration.   Summing Up: Highly recommended.  All undergraduate collections.?  (Choice, 1 September 2012)
 
 

Notă biografică

Jamie L. Bronstein is Professor of History at New Mexico State University. She is the author of three books: Land Reform and Working–Class Experience in Britain and the United States, 1800–1862 (1999), Caught in the Machinery: Workplace Accidents and Injured Workers in Nineteenth–Century Britain (2008), and Transatlantic Radical: John Francis Bray (2009).
 Andrew T. Harris is Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at Bridgewater State University. He is the author of Policing the City: Crime and Legal Authority in London, 1780–1840 (2004).