ABSTRACT

The second volume, on early and mid-Georgian Britain, shows how the country used its expanding wealth, its new-found social cohesion at home and its international influence abroad to become not only a European but an imperial power. As with the first volume, every aspect of the period is covered.

part 2|106 pages

Britain in the eighteenth century

part |68 pages

Compendium of Information

chapter A|2 pages

Glossary

chapter B|10 pages

Population and Social Structure

chapter C|2 pages

Monarchs and Pretenders

chapter E|4 pages

Parliament

chapter G|2 pages

Public Finance

chapter H|4 pages

Foreign Policy

chapter I|1 pages

Britain's Major Wars, 1722–83

chapter J|9 pages

Overseas Trade and the Colonies

chapter K|4 pages

Agriculture

chapter L|5 pages

Industry

chapter M|2 pages

Living Standards

chapter N|4 pages

Religion

chapter O|10 pages

Maps