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ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

by Roy Porter

Published by Folio Society. 1999

Fine condition. A History of England series. Blue decorative cloth. B/w illustrations. 528 pages. Top edge blue.

2nd printing. Contained in blue lightly scuffed slipcase.

Stock no. 2134424

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Contents

  • General Editor's Preface
  • Introduction
  • ENGLISH SOCIETY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • I Contrasts
  • II The Social Order
  • III Power, Politics and the Law
  • IV Keeping Life Going
  • V Getting and Spending
  • VI Having and Enjoying
  • VII Changing Experiences
  • VIII Towards Industrial Society
  • IX Conclusion
  • Statistical Tables
  • PEOPLE IN POLITICS
  • I George I
  • II The Political Management of Sir Robert Walpole, 1720-1742
  • III George II Reconsidered
  • IV William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
  • V King George III: A Study of Personality
  • VI The Political System Under Stress: George III and the Politicians, 1760-1770
  • VII Lord North
  • VIII Charles James Fox
  • IX Edmund Burke and the Enlightenment
  • Further Reading
  • Index

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