Age of Oligarchy - Pre-Industrial Britain 1722-1783

List of contents

Part One: The Age of Walpole, 1722-1746.
Part Two; Britain in the Eighteenth Century.
Part Three: Power Imperial: Triumph and Disaster, 1746-1783.
Compendium of Information.
A. Glossary.
B Population and Social Structure.
C. Monarchs and Pretenders.
D. Leading government office-holders.
E. Parliament.
F. The Constitution: Stautes, Bills and Proposals.
G. Public finance.
H. Foreign Policy: treaties of alliances and peace 1713-83.
I Britain's major wars 1722-83.
J. Overseas trade and colonies.
K. Agriculture.
L. Industry.
M. Living Standards.
N. Religion.
O Maps.

About the author

Geoffrey Holmes, D. Szechi

Summary

Geoffrey Holmes shows how early and mid-Georgian Britain used its expanding wealth, its new-found social cohesion at home and its international influence abroad to become not only a European but an imperial power.

Product details

• Authors: Holmes, Geoffrey Holmes, Geoffrey Szechi Holmes, D Szechi, D. Szechi, Szechi D.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.01.2017
• EAN: 9781138163232
• ISBN: 978-1-138-16323-2
• No. of pages: 456
• Series: Foundations of Modern Britain; Foundations of Modern Britain
• Subjects: European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain