Acknowledgements; Tables; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Agrarian Economy and Society; Chapter 2: The Manufacturing Economy; Chapter 3: Urban Society; Chapter 4: Urban Social Problems; Chapter 5: Presbyterianism; Chapter 6: Assimilation and Acculturation; Chapter 7: Politics in the Age of Revolutions, c.1780-1815; Chapter 8: Politics in the Last Years of the Unreformed System, 1815-32; Chapter 9: Politics in the Age of the First Reform Act, 1832 -c.1865; Chapter 10: Inching towards Democracy: Politics, c.1865-80; Guide to Further Reading; Bibliography; Index