Nineteenth-century Britain : a very short introduction / Christopher Harvie and H.C.G. Matthew.

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"Nineteenth-century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change - and an even more remarkable political stability. Britain in 1789 was overwhelmingly rural, agrarian, multilingual, and almost half Celtic. By 1914, when it faced its greatest test since the defeat of...

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Uniform Title:Very short introductions ; 23.
Main Author: Harvie, Christopher, 1944-
Other Authors: Matthew, H. C. G. (Henry Colin Gray)
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.
©2000
Series:Very short introductions ; 23.
Subjects:
Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Social Conditions > history.
Great Britain.
1800-1899
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:171 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 18 cm.
Format: Book
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"Nineteenth-century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change - and an even more remarkable political stability. Britain in 1789 was overwhelmingly rural, agrarian, multilingual, and almost half Celtic. By 1914, when it faced its greatest test since the defeat of Napoleon, it was largely urban and English. Christopher Harvie and H.C.G. Matthew show the forces behind Britain's rise to its imperial zenith, and the continuing tensions within the nations and classes of the 'union state'."--Jacket.
Note:Text originally published in: The Oxford illustrated history of Britain. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1984.
Call Number:DA530 .H448 2000
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0192853988
9780192853981