| PART ONE The Fruits of Revolution: 1688 to 1714 |
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3 | (23) |
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3 | (1) |
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The Reign of James II (1685-1688) |
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4 | (2) |
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6 | (2) |
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8 | (1) |
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The Revolution Settlement in England |
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9 | (5) |
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The Turnabout in Foreign Policy |
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14 | (3) |
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The Revolution Settlement in Ireland |
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17 | (4) |
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21 | (5) |
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26 | (21) |
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The War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) |
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26 | (8) |
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England and Scotland: Uneasy Union |
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34 | (4) |
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Administration and Politics in Wartime |
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38 | (2) |
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The Twilight of the Stuart Era (1710-1714) |
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40 | (7) |
| PART TWO The Whig Oligarchy: 1714 to 1763 |
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47 | (102) |
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49 | (30) |
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The England of Gregory King |
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50 | (4) |
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The Aristocracy and the Gentry |
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54 | (6) |
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60 | (3) |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (9) |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (3) |
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Politics in the Age of Walpole |
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79 | (29) |
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79 | (2) |
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The Cabinet and Parliament |
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81 | (6) |
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87 | (1) |
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Years of Instability (1714-1722) |
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88 | (6) |
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94 | (3) |
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The Years of Stability (1727-1738) |
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97 | (4) |
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Britain and the Wider World |
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101 | (1) |
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The Coming of War with Spain (1738-1739) |
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102 | (4) |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (23) |
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The Expansion of the Conflict (1739-1740) |
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108 | (2) |
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The Nature of Eighteenth-Century Warfare |
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110 | (2) |
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The War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) |
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112 | (4) |
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Reversal of Alliances and Renewal of War (1748-1757) |
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116 | (4) |
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120 | (1) |
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The Years of Victory (1758-1760) |
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121 | (5) |
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126 | (3) |
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129 | (2) |
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Eighteenth-Century Views of the World |
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131 | (18) |
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England and the Enlightenment |
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132 | (2) |
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Scotland and the Enlightenment |
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134 | (2) |
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136 | (1) |
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The Augustan Era in English Literature |
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137 | (3) |
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The World of Lord Chesterfield |
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140 | (3) |
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The World of Samuel Johnson |
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143 | (6) |
| PART THREE Forces of Change: 1760 to 1789 |
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149 | (82) |
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151 | (13) |
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The Character of the King |
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151 | (5) |
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The Politics of the 1760s |
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156 | (2) |
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158 | (3) |
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161 | (3) |
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164 | (22) |
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164 | (2) |
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The Decade of Wobbling (1761-1770) |
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166 | (1) |
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The Coming of War (1770-1775) |
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167 | (3) |
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The Civil War (1775-1778) |
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170 | (5) |
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The World War (1778-1783) |
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175 | (5) |
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180 | (4) |
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184 | (2) |
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186 | (21) |
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The Eighteenth-Century Population Explosion |
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187 | (2) |
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Industrialization: The Prerequisites |
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189 | (7) |
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Industrialization: The Process |
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196 | (6) |
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202 | (5) |
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207 | (24) |
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207 | (4) |
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211 | (3) |
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214 | (4) |
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218 | (5) |
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223 | (6) |
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229 | (2) |
| PART FOUR War and Its Aftermath: 1789 to 1830 |
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231 | (96) |
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The Struggle Against the French Revolution |
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233 | (29) |
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French Revolutionaries and British Reformers |
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233 | (2) |
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Burke and the New Conservatism |
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235 | (4) |
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The War in Europe (1793-1797) |
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239 | (3) |
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The Impact of War at Home |
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242 | (3) |
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The Naval Conflict (1793-1797) |
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245 | (3) |
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The Egyptian Expedition (1798) |
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248 | (4) |
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The War of the Second Coalition (1799-1801) |
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252 | (3) |
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The Irish Crisis (1797-1801) |
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255 | (4) |
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The Peace of Amiens (1802) |
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259 | (3) |
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262 | (28) |
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The War at Sea (1803-1805) |
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263 | (4) |
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The War of the Third Coalition (1805-1807) |
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267 | (5) |
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The Continental System (1807-1809) |
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272 | (4) |
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The British Counterattack (1810-1811) |
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276 | (4) |
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The American and Russian Wars (1812) |
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280 | (3) |
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The Fall of Napoleon (1813-1815) |
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283 | (7) |
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The Twilight of Aristocracy |
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290 | (37) |
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290 | (4) |
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Britain's Breach with the Concert (1815-1823) |
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294 | (5) |
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The Tory Reaction (1815-1822) |
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299 | (7) |
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The Prince Regent and Regency England |
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306 | (7) |
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Crisis in the Near East (1821-1830) |
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313 | (3) |
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Moderate Toryism (1822-1827) |
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316 | (2) |
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The Disruption of the Tories (1827-1830) |
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318 | (3) |
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321 | (2) |
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323 | (4) |
| Appendix |
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327 | (4) |
| Bibliography |
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331 | (18) |
| Index |
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