1985, ISBN: 9780582353107

Great Britain: Longman. Good. 1985. 2nd Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0582353106 Paperback Paperback. Underlining and ticks in margin in pen to s… Mehr…

Great Britain: Longman. Good. 1985. 2nd Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0582353106 Paperback Paperback. Underlining and ticks in margin in pen to some pages. Previous owners name to inside cover. Mark to edge. Wear to cover. It opens with a broad survey of the governmental system and the state of economic and social development in 1815 as a basis for an understanding of the tumultuous changes in the course of the century. The book presents history essentially as a story yet preserves the balance between the many striking personalities in which the peiod is so rich and the social, political and economic background against which they played their parts. Since the book's first publication a mass of evidence about social and economic aspect of the century and a series of controversies have challenged many earlier assumptions. This second edition has been expanded and restructured to incorporate much of this new material. The origins of the Industrial Revolution, the ideas at work in 1815 and the aspirations and living conditions of the working classes are given much fuller treatment. The country's extraordinary industrial and commercial development is dealt with in successive phases of the century, and the acceleration of working-class movements towards the forming of the Labour party, the later stages of the Irish question and the diplomacy of the years before 1914, bring the story to a climax. Throughout, the author maintains a high standard of interest and readability, while his comments on and explanation of the significance of the events he narrates show a deep perception of his subject. 470 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) ., Longman, 1985, 2.5<