Acknowledgements.- General Editor's Preface.- Introduction.- The Standard of living Debate.- Were the Working Classes Revolutionary?.- Trade Unions.- Laissez-Faire and State Intervention: The Economy.- Laissez-Faire and State Intervention: Social Management.- Education.- Agriculture 1760-1900.- Railways A New Age?.- Depression and Decline? The British Economy 1870-1900.- The New Jerusalem? The Impact of Industrialisation.