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Informationen zum Autor 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 Whig 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. Klappentext Sources and Debates in Modern British History is a sourcebook designed for undergraduate students taking survey courses in the modern period. The collection illuminates and extends the reader's understanding of the themes at the heart of Britain's transformation over the course of the last three centuries.The book is arranged in three chronological parts and includes over 180 sources. Each document is introduced with a brief contextual headnote and a list of discussion questions. A selection of "counterfactual" questions is also provided! as well as an extensive bibliography. Each chapter identifies and provides background information about important historical debates! which introduce students to historiography and illustrate how historians actually work. Zusammenfassung This sourcebook is designed for undergraduate students taking survey courses in the modern period. The primary sources illuminate and extend the reader's understanding of the themes at the heart of Britain's transformation over the course of the last three centuries. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Documents List of Figures Preface Abbreviations Part I: The Eighteenth Century Part II: The Nineteenth Century Part III: The Twentieth Century Bibliography Index
List of contents
List of Documents xi
List of Figures xix
Preface xxi
Abbreviations xxix
Part I The Eighteenth Century 1
1 State and Empire 3
The Constitution 4
Threats to the Political and Social Order 11
The Sinews of Empire 18
North America 21
India 24
Historians Debates 27
Counterfactuals to Consider 28
2 Economy and Society 29
Honor and Manners 30
The Struggle for Life and Wealth 35
The Poor Law 40
Economic Theory 43
Historians Debates 51
Counterfactuals to Consider 52
3 Culture and Identity 53
The Scottish Enlightenment 54
The English Enlightenment 57
Education 62
The Romantic Movement 66
Women 68
Slavery 71
National Identities 76
Historians Debates 80
Counterfactuals to Consider 81
Part II The Nineteenth Century 83
4 State and Empire 85
Radicalism and Protest 86
Constitutional Reform 1829-32 90
Further Parliamentary Reform 97
Party Ideologies 103
The Empire 109
The Origins of World War I 120
Historians Debates 123
Counterfactuals to Consider 124
5 Economy and Society 127
Industrialization 128
Urban and Rural Life and Employment during Industrialization 135
Social Position and Money 142
Economic Theory 148
Historians Debates 156
Counterfactuals to Consider 158
6 Culture and Identity 159
Women 160
Victorian Thinkers 169
Social Darwinism 177
British Identities 182
Irish Identities 185
Historians Debates 191
Counterfactuals to Consider 193
Part III The Twentieth Century 195
7 State and Empire 197
World War I 198
World War II and the Cold War 201
Party Ideologies 211
The European Union 214
Empire to Commonwealth 217
Historians Debates 227
Counterfactuals to Consider 229
8 Economy and Society 231
Traditional Society 232
Capitalism at Bay 238
War and Civilian Life 243
The Welfare State 245
Historians Debates 253
Counterfactuals to Consider 255
9 Culture and Identity 257
Women 258
Minorities and Immigration 263
British Identities 271
Irish Identities 280
Historians Debates 287
Counterfactuals to Consider 289
Bibliography 291
Index 297
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'Ellis Wasson's Sources and Debates in Modern British History is an unusually well chosen and wide angling collection of major primary sources, which will prove of great value to undergraduates and graduate students alike who are studying modern British history. This collection makes available valuable primary source material about the great events and trends which shaped modern Britain. It is also notable for the wide range and even handedness of the material selected, a tribute to Dr. Wasson's editorial skills.'
-- Bill Rubinstein, Aberyswyth University
'This is a collection of documents of immense richness from a wide variety of sources: parliamentary debates, official reports, cartoons, novels, high intellects, among others. They stretch from the 18th century to the present, from Adam Smith to Mrs. Thatcher. Dealing with state and society, workers and women, culture and empire, each short document is succinctly introduced. Every chapter concludes with invaluable bibliographies reflecting the most important current historiographical debates. Through a close study of these extremely well-selected documents, students will be able to come to a thorough knowledge and understanding of the compelling story of Britain since 1714, its rise to being the most powerful country in the world, and its subsequent decline.' -- Peter Stansky, Stanford University
