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Informationen zum Autor Jamie L. Bronstein is Professor of History at New Mexico State University. She is the author of three books: Land Reform and Working-Class Experience in Britain and the United States, 1800-1862 (1999), Caught in the Machinery: Workplace Accidents and Injured Workers in Nineteenth-Century Britain (2008), and Transatlantic Radical: John Francis Bray (2009).Andrew T. Harris is Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at Bridgewater State University. He is the author of Policing the City: Crime and Legal Authority in London, 1780-1840 (2004). Klappentext In the nineteenth century, Great Britain was a world-recognized superpower. Tremendous economic growth fostered a daunting formal empire, global networks of trade and investment, and a formidable military. By the late twentieth century this position of dominance had eroded significantly under the stress of two world wars, rising nationalist movements, shifting geopolitics, and the transformation to a post-industrial economy. As Britain adjusts to her new place in the post-colonial world, Empire, State, and Society assesses the external and internal forces behind these transformations.The authors draw on the most recent scholarship to give due importance to social, economic, and cultural changes as well as politics and international diplomacy. Divided into chapters both chronologically and thematically, Empire, State, and Society enables detailed exploration of issues such as race, gender, religion, and the environment. In doing so, the book provides an accessible, comprehensive, and balanced introduction to British history. Zusammenfassung Empire, State, and Society assesses the external and internal forces behind Britain's transformation from global superpower to its current position in the twenty-first century. The authors provide an accessible and balanced introduction, which is thoughtfully organized for ease of use for both students and teachers. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: Britain to 1830Chapter 2: Universal Suffrage and No Surrender: Politics at Home and Abroad, 1830-1867Chapter 3: Dark Satanic Mills? Economic and Social Change, 1830-1867Chapter 4: Utilitarians, Evangelicals, and Empire: Intellectual and Cultural Developments, 1830-1867Chapter 5: Democracy and Empire: Politics, 1867-1910Chapter 6: The Decline of the Aristocracy: Economic and Social Change, 1867-1910Chapter 7: Faith and Doubt? Cultural Change, 1867-1910Chapter 8: In Flanders Fields: Britain and the Great War, 1910-1918Chapter 9: Nationalism and Depression: Politics, Economics and Social Change 1919-1939Chapter 10: Culture and Ideas between the Wars, 1919-1939Chapter 11: London Burning: Britain in the Second World WarChapter 12: Winds of Change and Rivers of Blood: Politics, 1945-1979Chapter 13: Building a Welfare State: Society and the Economy, 1945-1979Chapter 14: Meet the Beatles: Cultural and Intellectual Developments, 1945-1979Chapter 15: From Rule Britannia to Cool Britannia: Politics, since 1979Chapter 16: Whither Britain? Society and Culture, since 1979Appendix: List of Reigns and Ministries since 1830...
