Author: Vivian Hubert Howard Green
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Published: 1948
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Vivian Hubert Howard Green
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Published: 1948
Total Pages: 509
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Gerald Newman
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 1284
ISBN-13: 9780815303961
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 1714, king George I ushered in a remarkable 123-year period of energy that changed the face of Britain and ultimately had a profound effect on the modern era. The pioneers of modern capitalism, industry, democracy, literature, and even architecture flourished during this time and their innovations and influence spread throughout the British empire, including the United States. Now this rich cultural period in Britain is effectively surveyed and summarized for quick reference in a first-of-its-kind encyclopedia, which contains entries by British, Canadian, American, and Australian scholars specializing in everything from finance and the fine arts to politics and patent law. More than 380 illustrations, mostly rare engravings, enhance the coverage, which runs the whole gamut of political, economic, literary, intellectual, artistic, commercial, and social life, and spotlights some 600 prominent individuals and families.
Author: Brendan Simms
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007-02-08
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 1139461877
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For more than 120 years (1714–1837) Great Britain was linked to the German Electorate, later Kingdom, of Hanover through Personal Union. This made Britain a continental European state in many respects, and diluted her sense of insular apartness. The geopolitical focus of Britain was now as much on Germany, on the Elbe and the Weser as it was on the Channel or overseas. At the same time, the Hanoverian connection was a major and highly controversial factor in British high politics and popular political debate. This volume was the first systematically to explore the subject by a team of experts drawn from the UK, US and Germany. They integrate the burgeoning specialist literature on aspects of the Personal Union into the broader history of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. Never before had the impact of the Hanoverian connection on British politics, monarchy and the public sphere, been so thoroughly investigated.
Author: Robert A. Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004-07-08
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780521528641
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A guide to historical literature on England between 1760 and 1837, emphasising more recent work.