British Society 1680-1880: Dynamism, Containment and Change

ISBN-13: 9780521657013 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 364 str.

Richard Price

Opis

Richard Price offers a radical new interpretation of modern British history. He argues that the period 1680-1880 was a distinct era in British history, a dynamic period of much change but which was ultimately contained within clearly defined boundaries. Professor Price thus identifies the nineteenth century as the end of this period rather than the moment of modernity. Elegantly written and lucidly organized, this study will be of value to all scholars and students with an interest in this fascinating period.

Recenzje

'I think this is a fine book … Richard Price has discharged his task with quite extraordinary scholarship. the book deserves to be treated as a scholarly synthesis and its arguments should be engaged by scholars in the field. The book's ambition not to be a textbook is amply fulfilled. But it is also a goldmine for the tribe of plunderers we commonly call undergraduates.' International Review of Social History

Spis treści

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; 9. The stabilities and instabilities of elite authority: social relations c.1688–c.1880; Afterword; Index.