The author brings together a range of primary and secondary sources, as well as drawing on recent research, to examine key aspects of economic change in Britain between 1750 and 1850. The aim is to encourage students to consider the nature of economic revolutions.
This book considers the ways in which working people in the nineteenth century sought justice through the Chartist movement.
The second part of Brown's history of the Industrial Revolution examines the political and religious developments taking place in the period.
During the past decade, it has become commonplace to interpret social and cultural reality-the very groundwork of the social sciences-as linguistic constructions
Beginning with an examination of the nature of history and Britain in 1700, this volume focuses on the economic and social aspects of the Industrial Revolution.
This highly original study of Joyce's engagement with sexual questions explores his extensive reading on the question of marriage, his responsiveness to the new sexuality as... Læs mere
Beginning with an examination of the nature of history and Britain in 1700, this volume focuses on the economic and social aspects of the Industrial Revolution.
In this, the second part of his history of the Industrial Revolution, Richard Brown examines the political and religious developments which took place in... Læs mere