War and British Society 1688-1815

Klappentext Discusses the considerable influence of war on the development of Britain's society and economy in the 'long eighteenth century'. Zusammenfassung War exerted a considerable influence on the development of Britain's society and economy between 1688 and 1815. This 1998 book presents a balanced overview of Britain as a nation at war and discusses the financial and logistical effects of war on an industrialising economy as well as the social and economic strains imposed on the population at large during the 'age of war'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Eighteenth-century warfare: the British experience; 3. Taking the strain: state and society; 4. A nation in arms: the armed forces and British society; 5. The wartime economy; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: H. V Bowen, H. V. Bowen, H. V. (University of Leicester) Bowen
• Assisted by: Maurice Kirby (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.1998
• EAN: 9780521576451
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57645-1
• No. of pages: 114
• Series: New Studies in Economic and So
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous