In the first quarter of the 19th century the British people began to examine the previously unquestioned links between progress and prosperity, having discovered that economic growth was not automatically benign. Orthodoxies were challenged and doubts raised - many believed they were living in an era of great flux. Their responses were to prompt manifold change.
In the first quarter of the 19th century the British people began to examine the previously unquestioned links between progress and prosperity, having...