The age of improvement, 1783-1867
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The age of improvement, 1783-1867
（A Longman paperback）（A history of England）
Longman, 1979
- : pbk
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Earlier ed. published in 1959 under title: The age of improvement
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
With over 80,000 copies sold since its first appearance in 1959, The Age of Improvement has every right to claim the status of a classic of modern historical writing. Asa Briggs' masterly study of the period stresses the underlying unity of the age. In the background are the new economic powers based on the development of a coal and iron technology, in the foreground, the problems posed by the world's first industrial revolution.
Table of Contents
1. Economy and Society in the 1780s 2. Politics and the Government on the Eve of the French Revolution 3. The Impact of War 4. The Politics of Transition 5. Reform 6. Social Cleavage 7. Britain and the World overseas 8. The Balance of Interests 9. Victorianism 10. The Leap in the Dark
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