Empire, State, and Society

Britain since 1830
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4051-8180-8
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

EMPIRE, STATE, AND SOCIETY

“This book captures the broad-sweep of modern British history. Bronstein and Harris’s narrative is distinguished by its comprehensive coverage, readability, and sure judgment. It is an excellent book.”
James Epstein, Vanderbilt University

“This is a well-structured and gracefully written textbook that undergraduates at American universities and colleges should find highly accessible. It integrates recent scholarly trends into a compelling narrative that brings together metropolitan and imperial themes. These themes are illuminated by well-chosen anecdotes that make them come alive. Bronstein and Harris have provided an excellent introduction to modern Britain and its Empire, and one that deserves a wide readership.”
Phil Harling, University of Kentucky

In the nineteenth century, Great Britain was a world-recognized superpower. Tremendous economic growth fostered a daunting formal empire, global networks of trade and investment, and a formidable military. By the late twentieth century this position of dominance had eroded significantly under the stress of two world wars, rising nationalist movements, shifting geopolitics, and the transformation to a post-industrial economy. As Britain adjusts to her new place in the post-colonial world, Empire, State, and Society assesses the external and internal forces behind these transformations.

The authors draw on the most recent scholarship to give due importance to social, economic, and cultural changes as well as politics and international diplomacy. Divided into chapters both chronologically and thematically, Empire, State, and Society enables detailed exploration of issues such as race, gender, religion, and the environment. In doing so, the book provides an accessible, comprehensive, and balanced introduction to British history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bronstein, Jamie L.

Harris, Andrew T.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations vii

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1 Britain to 1830 4

2 Universal Suffrage and No Surrender: Politics at Home and Abroad, 1830–1867 30

3 Dark Satanic Mills? Economic and Social Change, 1830–1867 52

4 Utilitarians, Evangelicals, and Empire: Intellectual and Cultural Developments, 1830–1867 70

5 Democracy and Empire: Politics, 1867–1910 91

6 The Decline of the Aristocracy: Economic and Social Change, 1867–1910 110

7 Faith and Doubt? Cultural Change, 1867–1910 125

8 In Flanders Fields: Britain and the Great War, 1910–1918 147

9 Nationalism and Depression: Politics, Economics, and Social Change, 1919–1939 168

10 Culture and Ideas between the Wars, 1919–1939 191

11 London Burning: Britain in the Second World War 206

12 Winds of Change: Politics, 1945–1979 222

13 Building a Welfare State: Society and the Economy, 1945–1979 242

14 Meet the Beatles: Cultural and Intellectual Developments, 1945–1979 259

15 From Rule Britannia to Cool Britannia: Politics, 1979–2007 277

16 Whither Britain? Society and Culture since 1979 296

Appendix: Reigns and Ministries since 1830 312

Bibliography 315

Index 330

Über Autor(innen)

Bronstein, Jamie L.
Jamie L. Bronstein is Professor of History at New Mexico State University. She is the author of three books: Land Reform and Working-Class Experience in Britain and the United States, 1800-1862 (1999), Caught in the Machinery: Workplace Accidents and Injured Workers in Nineteenth-Century Britain (2008), and Transatlantic Radical: John Francis Bray (2009).

Harris, Andrew T.
Andrew T. Harris is Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, Bridgewater State University. He is the author of Policing the City: Crime and Legal Authority in London, 1780-1840 (2004).