{"product_id":"empire-state-and-society-isbn-9781405181815","title":"Empire, State, and Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eEMPIRE, STATE, AND SOCIETY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This book captures the broad-sweep of modern British history. Bronstein and Harris’s narrative is distinguished by its comprehensive coverage, readability, and sure judgment. It is an excellent book.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Epstein, Vanderbilt University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a well-structured and gracefully written textbook that undergraduates at American universities and colleges should find highly accessible. It integrates recent scholarly trends into a compelling narrative that brings together metropolitan and imperial themes. These themes are illuminated by well-chosen anecdotes that make them come alive. Bronstein and Harris have provided an excellent introduction to modern Britain and its Empire, and one that deserves a wide readership.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhil Harling, University of Kentucky\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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, \u003ci\u003eEmpire, State, and Society\u003c\/i\u003e assesses the external and internal forces behind these transformations.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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, \u003ci\u003eEmpire, State, and Society\u003c\/i\u003e 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.  List of Illustrations vii  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Britain to 1830 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Universal Suffrage and No Surrender: Politics at Home and Abroad, 1830–1867 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Dark Satanic Mills? Economic and Social Change, 1830–1867 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Utilitarians, Evangelicals, and Empire: Intellectual and Cultural Developments, 1830–1867 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Democracy and Empire: Politics, 1867–1910 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Decline of the Aristocracy: Economic and Social Change, 1867–1910 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Faith and Doubt? Cultural Change, 1867–1910 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 In Flanders Fields: Britain and the Great War, 1910–1918 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Nationalism and Depression: Politics, Economics, and Social Change, 1919–1939 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Culture and Ideas between the Wars, 1919–1939 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 London Burning: Britain in the Second WorldWar 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Winds of Change: Politics, 1945–1979 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Building a Welfare State: Society and the Economy, 1945–1979 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Meet the Beatles: Cultural and Intellectual Developments, 1945–1979 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 From Rule Britannia to Cool Britannia: Politics, 1979–2007 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Whither Britain? Society and Culture since 1979 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Reigns and Ministries since 1830 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEarly Modern England 1485-1714: A Narrative History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSecond Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Bucholz \u0026amp; Newton Key\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSources and Debates in English History: 1485-1714\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSecond Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Newton Key \u0026amp; Robert Bucholz\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eImperial Island: A History of Britain and Its Empire, 1660-1837\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ePaul Kléber Monod\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the present\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eEllis Wasson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSources and Debates in Modern British History: 1714 to the present\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eEdited by Ellis Wasson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Nevertheless, for those looking for a concise, coherent, and accessible introduction to 19th- and 20th -century British history at the undergraduate level, this book is definitely worthy of serious consideration. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All undergraduate collections.” (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 September 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJamie L. Bronstein\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at New Mexico State University. She is the author of three books: \u003ci\u003eLand Reform and Working-Class Experience in Britain and the United States, 1800-1862 (\u003c\/i\u003e1999), \u003ci\u003eCaught in the Machinery: Workplace Accidents and Injured Workers in Nineteenth-Century Britain\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), \u003ci\u003eand Transatlantic Radical: John Francis Bray\u003c\/i\u003e (2009).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew T. Harris\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at Bridgewater State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePolicing the City: Crime and Legal Authority in London, 1780-1840\u003c\/i\u003e (2004).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 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, \u003ci\u003eEmpire, State, and Society \u003c\/i\u003eassesses the external and internal forces behind these transformations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors draw on the most recent scholarship to give due importance to social, economic, and cultural changes as well as politics and international diplomacy. 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