Sources and Debates in Modern British History 1714 to the Present

by Wasson, Ellis

• ISBN13: 9781444333718
• ISBN10: 1444333712
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-01-17
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Designed to complement the author's A History of Modern Britain, this collection of primary sources illuminates and augments the study of modern Britain with coverage of political, imperial, and economic history as well as class and cultural issues Features a broad range of documents, in a well-structured and easy-to-use format, including important, well-known documents and lesser-known excerpts from memoirs and private correspondence Provides up-to-date, balanced coverage of political, imperial, social, economic, and cultural history with over 180 documents Offers a thorough rendering of social class and national identity, including coverage of changes in British society over the last 20 years Includes discussion questions for each document, as well as lists of historical debates and extensive bibliographies of both on-line and traditional sources for students' further research

Author Biography

Ellis Wasson earned his PhD in British history at Cambridge and teaches at Tower Hill School in Wilmington and the University of Delaware. He is the author of Why Renaissance: Lord Althorp and the Whig Party 1782-1845 (1987), Born to Rule: British Political Elites (2000); and Aristocracy and the Modern World (2006), and has published numerous articles on the history of British politics and European landed society.

Table of Contents

List of Documents	p. xi
List of Figures	p. xix
Preface	p. xxi
Abbreviations	p. xxix
The Eighteenth Century	p. 1
State and Empire	p. 3
The Constitution	p. 4
Threats to the Political and Social Order	p. 11
The Sinews of Empire	p. 18
North America	p. 21
India	p. 24
Historians' Debates	p. 27
Counterfactuals to Consider	p. 28
Economy and Society	p. 29
Honor and Manners	p. 30
The Struggle for Life and Wealth	p. 35
The Poor Law	p. 40
Economic Theory	p. 43
Historians' Debates	p. 51
Counterfactuals to Consider	p. 52
Culture and Identity	p. 53
The Scottish Enlightenment	p. 54
The English Enlightenment	p. 57
Education	p. 62
The Romantic Movement	p. 66
Women	p. 68
Slavery	p. 71
National Identities	p. 76
Historians' Debates	p. 80
Counterfactuals to Consider	p. 81
The Nineteenth Century	p. 83
State and Empire	p. 85
Radicalism and Protest	p. 86
Constitutional Reform 1829-32	p. 90
Further Parliamentary Reform	p. 97
Party Ideologies	p. 103
The Empire	p. 109
The Origins of World War I	p. 120
Historians' Debates	p. 123
Counterfactuals to Consider	p. 124
Economy and Society	p. 127
Industrialization	p. 128
Urban and Rural Life and Employment during Industrialization	p. 135
Social Position and Money	p. 142
Economic Theory	p. 148
Historians' Debates	p. 156
Counterfactuals to Consider	p. 158
Culture and Identity	p. 159
Women	p. 160
Victorian Thinkers	p. 169
Social Darwinism	p. 177
British Identities	p. 182
Irish Identities	p. 185
Historians' Debates	p. 191
Counterfactuals to Consider	p. 193
The Twentieth Century	p. 195
State and Empire	p. 197
World War I	p. 198
World War II and the Cold War	p. 201
Party Ideologies	p. 211
The European Union	p. 214
Empire to Commonwealth	p. 217
Historians' Debates	p. 227
Counterfactuals to Consider	p. 229
Economy and Society	p. 231
Traditional Society	p. 232
Capitalism at Bay	p. 238
War and Civilian Life	p. 243
The Welfare State	p. 245
HistoriansÆ Debates	p. 253
Counterfactuals to Consider	p. 255
Culture and Identity	p. 257
Women	p. 258
Minorities and Immigration	p. 263
British Identities	p. 271
Irish Identities	p. 280
Historians' Debates	p. 287
Counterfactuals to Consider	p. 289
Bibliography	p. 291
Index	p. 297
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