Polite and Commercial People - England 1727-1783

Zusatztext Polished and provocative Informationen zum Autor Paul Langford is Professor of Modern History at Lincoln College, Oxford. Klappentext This book! the first volume of the `New Oxford History of England' to appear! offers the most authoritative! comprehensive general history of England between the accession of George II and the loss of America. Though conventionally seen as static and politically stable! the eighteenth century was an age of extraordinary vitality and variety! of contrasts and change. Beneath the serene surface of aristocratic government! stately manners! and Georgian elegance! lay a less orderly world of treasonable plots! riotous mobs! and Hogarthian vulgarity. While rapid commercial growth and burgeoning bourgeois pretensions gave rise to the positive achievements of military success and imperial expansion!cultural confidence and polite manners! tensions and contradictions simmered and threatened. Paul Langford reveals the true character of the age! and demonstrates that eighteenth-century society was both strengthened and stretched by the changes to which it was subjected. Zusammenfassung The 18th century was an age of vitality and variety, of contrasts and change. This work offers general history of England between the accession of George II and the loss of America. It reveals the character of the age, and demonstrates that 18th-century society was both strengthened and stretched by the changes to which it was subjected.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Langford, Paul (Professor of Modern History Langford, Langford Paul
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.1998
• EAN: 9780198207337
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820733-7
• No. of pages: 824
• Series: New Oxford History of England; New Oxford History of England
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; England, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, C 1700 To C 1800