ABSTRACT
In this hugely ambitious history of Britain, Eric Evans surveys every aspect of the period in which the country was transformed into the world’s first industrial power. This was an era of revolutionary change unparalleled in Britain, yet one in which transformation was achieved without political revolution. The unique combination of transition and revolution is a major theme in the book, which ranges across the embryonic empire, the Church, education, health, finance, and rural and urban life. Evans gives particular attention to the Great Reform Act of 1832. The Third Edition includes an entirely new introductory chapter, and is illustrated for the first time.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Part One: Reconstruction and the Challenge of War, 1783–1815
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Part Two: The Industrial Revolution and its Consequences
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Part Three: The Crucible of Reform, 1815–1846
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Part Four: Early Industrial Society, Refined and Tested, 1846–1870