Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: beginnings, periods and problems; 1 The economy of manufacture; 2 A universal merchant to the world: the political economy of commerce and finance; 3 The ambiguities of free trade; 4 The reach of the state: taxation; 5 The age of localism; 6 The public, the private and the state: civil society 1680 ... 1880; 7 Exclusion and inclusion: the political consequences of 1688; 8 Exclusion and inclusion: defending the politics of finality 1832 ... 1885.
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A sustained, radical new interpretation of British history in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, by a senior social historian confronting and questioning dominant interpretations. Scholars and students will find much of interest in this elegantly written and lucidly organised study.
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66F25E0F-C8C6-4F1A-8B00-AFDB9B82BA9F
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Title
British society, 1680-1880.
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0521651727
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Economic history.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
Sociaal-economische geschiedenis.
Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Great Britain, Economic conditions, 18th century.
Great Britain, Economic conditions, 19th century.
Great Britain, Social conditions, 18th century.
Great Britain, Social conditions, 19th century.
Grande-Bretagne, Conditions économiques, 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne, Conditions économiques, 19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne, Conditions sociales, 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne, Conditions sociales, 19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne, Conditions économiques, 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne, Conditions économiques, 19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne, Conditions sociales, 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne, Conditions sociales, 19e siècle.