Challenge of Democracy Britain 1832-1918

Name: Challenge of Democracy Britain 1832-1918
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ISBN: 9780582313040

ISBN-10: 058231304X

ISBN-13: 9780582313040

Edition: 2002

Authors: Hugh Cunningham

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Focusing on the rise of democracy, this is a timely and topical account charting the history of Britain from the Great Reform Act to the end of the First World War. The book will be essential reading for students of Modern British History.

Book details

List price: $72.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 9/21/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 314
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.14" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Hugh Cunningham is Emeritus Professor of Social History at the University of Kent



Series editor's preface


Acknowledgements


Introduction



Britain in the 1830s


The United Kingdom and its governance


Britain in the world


The industrial revolution


Social structure and political power


Conclusion



An age of reform? 1832-48


The Reform Act of 1832


Government, party and reform, 1832-46


Chartism


Central and local government


Conclusion



Mid-Victorian Britain


Parliamentary government


Reform


The economy


Class, gender and nation


Conclusion



The progress of the nation?


Communications


Science


History


Moral progress


Capitalism


Conclusion



Stepping stones towards democracy, 1867-85


The practice of politics in the era of the Second Reform Act


The Liberal party and Gladstone's first ministry


Disraeli and the Conservative party


Gladstone's second ministry


Democracy in the balance sheet


Conclusion



The Conservative ascendancy, 1885-1905


The Liberals and home rule


The Conservative party, 1885-1905


The course of politics, 1886-1905


The rise of labour


Conclusion



An urban society: Britain, 1850-1918


The growth of towns


Consumption and lifestyles


Diagnoses and remedies


Conclusion



Empire and nation: the British and their identities


Empire


Nations


Conclusion



The birth of the modern state? Britain, 1905-14


Reshaping the constitution: the Lords and the Irish


The role of the state


Labour


Women


Foreign policy


Conclusion



Britain at war, 1914-18


August 1914-spring 1915


The Asquith coalition, May 1915-December 1916


The Lloyd George coalition, December 1916-December 1918


Society and the state


Conclusion



Britain in 1918


Chronology


Notes


Further Reading


Index