British society, 1680-1880 : dynamism, containment, and change /
A sustained, radical new interpretation of British history in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, by a senior social historian confronting and questioning dominant interpretations. Scholars and students will find much of interest in this elegantly written and lucidly organised study.
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| Định dạng: | Licensed eBooks |
| Ngôn ngữ: | Tiếng Anh |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=74346 |
Mục lục:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: beginnings, periods and problems; 1 The economy of manufacture; 2 A universal merchant to the world: the political economy of commerce and finance; 3 The ambiguities of free trade; 4 The reach of the state: taxation; 5 The age of localism; 6 The public, the private and the state: civil society 1680 ... 1880; 7 Exclusion and inclusion: the political consequences of 1688; 8 Exclusion and inclusion: defending the politics of finality 1832 ... 1885.