Britain before the Reform Act
Politics and Society 1815-1832
Seiten
2018
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2nd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-43216-1 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-43216-1 (ISBN)
Describing the period 1815-1832 as 'The birth of a new age', this book considers the tremendous forces of change operating after industrialisation and discusses the achievement of Lord Liverpool's administration in containing these pressures, thereby leading the way to evolutionary change rather than revolution.
In the years1815-1832, Britain came close to revolution. Fewer than twenty years separate the Battle of Waterloo from the passing of the �Great� Reform Act but during this period Britain�s political elite was challenged as never before. In rising to that challenge, the political elite attempted, with considerable success, to ensure that Britain engineered that most perilous of transitions, from a less complex and more deferential society into a modern urban and industrial one, while avoding political revolution.
In this extensively revised 2nd edition Evans engages with a welter of new material and fresh interpretations. The book sheds light both on the challenges to existing political and social authority and why those challenges were seen off.
Evans examines:
� The composition of Britain�s political elite and how this elite coped with the problems thrown up by a society urbanising and modernising at an unprecedented rate.
� How Britain reacted to the longer-term implications of the French Revolution, including the development of a more cohesive national identity.
� How the elite attempted to maintain public order in this period � and with what success.
� The extent of change in Britain�s political system brought about by political, religious and administrative reforms
Written in accessible style, with a rich collection of documents, chronology, glossary, a guide to further reading,and a �Who�s Who� which summarises the careers and contributions of the main figures, this new edition is essential for all those interested in understanding Britain at this most crucial turning point in its history.
In the years1815-1832, Britain came close to revolution. Fewer than twenty years separate the Battle of Waterloo from the passing of the �Great� Reform Act but during this period Britain�s political elite was challenged as never before. In rising to that challenge, the political elite attempted, with considerable success, to ensure that Britain engineered that most perilous of transitions, from a less complex and more deferential society into a modern urban and industrial one, while avoding political revolution.
In this extensively revised 2nd edition Evans engages with a welter of new material and fresh interpretations. The book sheds light both on the challenges to existing political and social authority and why those challenges were seen off.
Evans examines:
� The composition of Britain�s political elite and how this elite coped with the problems thrown up by a society urbanising and modernising at an unprecedented rate.
� How Britain reacted to the longer-term implications of the French Revolution, including the development of a more cohesive national identity.
� How the elite attempted to maintain public order in this period � and with what success.
� The extent of change in Britain�s political system brought about by political, religious and administrative reforms
Written in accessible style, with a rich collection of documents, chronology, glossary, a guide to further reading,and a �Who�s Who� which summarises the careers and contributions of the main figures, this new edition is essential for all those interested in understanding Britain at this most crucial turning point in its history.
Eric J Evans is Emeritus Professor of History at Lancaster University. He is the author of numerous titles of political and social history. His publications include Parliamentary Reform, 1770-1918 (1999) and The Forging of the Modern State: Early Industrial Britain, 1783-1870 (3rd edition,2001) and Thatcher and Thatcherism (Routledge, 3rd edition, 2013).
Chronology. Who's Who. Glossary. Part One: Analysis. 1. Introduction. 2. Britain in crisis? 1815-20. 3. The achievement of stability? 1821-7. 4. Britain's influence abroad. 5. Stability shattered 1827-32. 6. Conclusion. Part Two: Documents. Further Reading. References. Index.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.07.2018 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Seminar Studies |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 174 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-43216-4 / 1138432164 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-43216-1 / 9781138432161 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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