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Shows how Britain became the leading European imperial state, and, at the same time, the most economically and socially advanced, politically liberal and religiously tolerant nation in Europe. Covers political, social, cultural, economic and religious history. Written by an international team of experts.

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Shows how Britain became the leading European imperial state, and, at the same time, the most economically and socially advanced, politically liberal and religiously tolerant nation in Europe. Covers political, social, cultural, economic and religious history. Written by an international team of experts.
Autorenporträt
H. T. Dickinson is Richard Lodge Professor of British History at Edinburgh University. He is a former President of the Historical Association and a former Vice President of the Royal Historical Society. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Richmond. His numerous books include British Radicalism and the French Revolution 1789-1815 (1985), Caricatures and the Constitution 1760-1832 (1986) and The Politics of the People in Eighteenth-Century Britain (1995). He was also editor of the journal History from 1993 to 2000.
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"This superb work by leading historian of the period provides aseries of introductions to the most important themes for study. Theauthors bring the most up to date scholarship to bear in theirwork. Readable, sensible, perceptive and intelligent. If there isone book to use for this century, this is it."
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"The accounts are succinct, very up-to-date and based upon regionalas well as national evidence."
Northern History

"If this volume is any indication, the series will besuccessful. Dickinson has collected an array of prominenthistorians to digest and briefly discuss the trends in theirrespective fields. This is a collection of essays that moststudents will find exceptionally useful, and most faculty memberswill appreciate: Highly recommended."
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