Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction

Christopher Harvie

3.4/5 ( ratings)

The nineteenth century was a time of massive growth for Britain. In 1800 it was overwhelmingly rural, agrarian, multilingual, and almost half-Celtic. A century later it was largely urban and English. The effects of the Industrial Revolution caused cities to swell enormously. London, for example, grew from about 1 million people to over 6 million. Abroad, the British Empire was reaching its apex, while at home the world came to marvel at the Great Exhibition of 1851 with its crowning achievement--the Crystal Palace. Historians Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew present a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the social, economic, and political events that marked the era on which many believed the sun would never set.

Language: English

Pages: 171

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: August 11, 2005

ISBN: 0192853988

ISBN 13: 9780192853981

Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction

Christopher Harvie

3.4/5 ( ratings)

The nineteenth century was a time of massive growth for Britain. In 1800 it was overwhelmingly rural, agrarian, multilingual, and almost half-Celtic. A century later it was largely urban and English. The effects of the Industrial Revolution caused cities to swell enormously. London, for example, grew from about 1 million people to over 6 million. Abroad, the British Empire was reaching its apex, while at home the world came to marvel at the Great Exhibition of 1851 with its crowning achievement--the Crystal Palace. Historians Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew present a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the social, economic, and political events that marked the era on which many believed the sun would never set.

Language: English

Pages: 171

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: August 11, 2005

ISBN: 0192853988

ISBN 13: 9780192853981

More books from Christopher Harvie

Scotland: A Short History

3.1/5 ( ratings)

No Gods and Precious Few Heroes: Twentieth-century Scotland

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Broonland: The Last Days of Gordon Brown

2.7/5 ( ratings)

Scotland and Nationalism: Scottish Society and Politics 1707 to the Present

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Industrialisation and Culture, 1830 - 1914

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The Scottish Labour Party: History, Institutions and Ideas

2.6/5 ( ratings)

A Claim of Right for Scotland

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Fool's Gold: The Story of North Sea Oil

1814 Year of Waverley: The Life and Times of Walter Scott (Clan Scotland)

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Cultural Weapons, Scotland and Survival in a New Europe

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Scotland in Theory: Reflections on Culture & Literature

Mending Scotland: Essays in Economic Regionalism

The Oxford History of Britain: Volume 4: The Eighteenth Century and the Age of Industry

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Nationalism in the Nineties

Radical Scotland, April / May 1983

Gairfish: The Liberty Tree

The Lights of Liberalism: University Liberals and the Challenge of Democracy, 1860-86

Dalriada: A Romance of Invention

Rate this book!

Write a review?