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020 $a9780199233199 (hbk.)
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100 1 $aMcCord, Norman.
245 10 $aBritish history 1815-1914 /$cNorman McCord and Bill Purdue.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aOxford :$bOxford University Press,$c2007.
300 $axiv, 595 p. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aShort Oxford history of the modern world
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Political developments, 1815-1830 -- Government and administration, c.1815-1830 -- Economy and society, c.1815-1830 -- Political developments, 1830-1852 -- Government and administration, c.1830-1850 -- Economy and society, c.1830-1850 -- Political developments, 1852-1880 -- Government and administration, c.1850-1880 -- Economy and society, c.1850-1880 -- Political developments, 1880-1914 -- Government and administration, c.1880-1914 -- Economy and society, c.1880-1914 -- Biographical appendix.
520 1 $a"The nineteenth and early-twentieth century saw the transformation of Britain from a predominantly rural to a largely urban society with an economy based upon manufacturing, finance, and trade, and from a society governed mainly by a landed aristocracy to what was increasingly a mass democracy. Norman McCord and Bill Purdue chart the development of a modern state equipped with a large and expanding bureaucracy, the expansion of overseas territories into one of the world's greatest empires, and changes in religion, social attitudes, and culture.
520 8 $aThe book divides the era into four chronological periods- 1815-1830; 1830-1852; 1852-1880; and 1880-1914, with chapters on the political background, administrative development, and social, economic, and cultural changes in each period. Exploring major themes such as the massive increase in population, the question of class, the scope of state activity, and the development of consumerism, leisure, and entertainment, and including a select bibliography and biographical appendix, this updated new edition provides the ultimate introduction to British history between the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the outbreak of the First World War."--Jacket.
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651 0 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yEdward VII, 1901-1910.
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700 1 $aPurdue, A. W.$q(A. William)
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700 1 $aMcCord, Norman.$tBritish history, 1815-1906.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aMcCord, Norman.$tBritish history, 1815-1914.$b2nd ed.$dOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007$w(OCoLC)608050422
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