A companion to eighteenth-century Britain

Author(s)

• Dickinson, H. T.

Bibliographic Information

A companion to eighteenth-century Britain

edited by H.T. Dickinson

（Blackwell companions to British history）

Blackwell, 2006

• : pbk

Note

Originally published: 2002

Bibliography: p. [499] -515

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This authoritative Companion introduces readers to the developments that lead to Britain becoming a great world power, the leading European imperial state, and, at the same time, the most economically and socially advanced, politically liberal and religiously tolerant nation in Europe. Covers political, social, cultural, economic and religious history. Written by an international team of experts. Examines Britain's position from the perspective of other European nations.

Table of Contents

List of Maps x List of Contributors xi Introduction xv Maps xix Part I Politics and the Constitution 1 1 The British Constitution 3 H. T. Dickinson 2 The British State 19 Eckhart Hellmuth 3 Finance and Taxation 30 Patrick Karl O'Brien 4 Local Government and Local Society 40 David Eastwood 5 Parliament, Parties and Elections (1688-1760) 55 Brian Hill 6 Parliament, Parties and Elections (1760-1815) 69 Stephen M. Lee 7 The Jacobite Movement 81 Daniel Szechi 8 Popular Politics and Radical Ideas 97 H. T. Dickinson 9 The Crisis of the French Revolution 112 Emma Vincent Macleod Part II The Economy and Society 125 10 Manufacturing and Commerce 127 John Rule 11 Agriculture and Rural Life 141 Gordon Mingay 12 The Landed Elite 158 Richard G. Wilson 13 The Middling Orders 172 Nicholas Rogers 14 The Labouring Poor 183 John Rule 15 Urban Life and Culture 196 Peter Borsay 16 Women and the Family 209 John D. Ramsbottom Part III Religion 223 17 The Church of England 225 Jeremy Gregory 18 Religious Minorities in England 241 Colin Haydon 19 Methodism and the Evangelical Revival 252 G. M. Ditchfield 20 Religion in Scotland 260 Stewart J. Brown 21 Religion in Ireland 271 Sean J. Connolly Part IV Culture 281 22 Print Culture 283 Bob Harris 23 Political Ideas from Locke to Paine 294 Pamela Edwards 24 The Making of Elite Culture 311 Maura A. Henry 25 Literature and Drama 329 J. Alan Downie 26 Popular Culture 344 Bob Bushaway 27 Crime and Punishment 358 James A. Sharpe Part V Union and Disunion in the British Isles 367 28 Integration: Patriotism and Nationalism 369 Colin Kidd 29 Scotland and the Union 381 Alexander Murdoch 30 Wales in the Eighteenth Century 392 Geraint H. Jenkins 31 Ireland: The Making of the 'Protestant Ascendancy', 1690-1760 403 Paddy McNally 32 Ireland: Radicalism, Rebellion and Union 414 Martyn J. Powell Part VI Britain and the Wider World 429 33 Britain's Emergence as a European Power, 1688-1815 431 H. M. Scott 34 Britain and the Atlantic World 447 W. A. Speck 35 Britain and India 460 Bruce P. Lenman 36 The British Army 473 Stanley D. M. Carpenter 37 The Royal Navy 481 Richard Harding 38 Britain and the Slave Trade 489 John Oldfield Bibliography 499 Index 516

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA7717704X
• ISBN:
  • 9781405149631
• LCCN: 2002022769
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Malden, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 550 p., [11] p. of plates
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 941.07
  • NDC10 : 233.06
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 18th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA59085154