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Victorious century : the United Kingdom, 1800-1906

text Victorious century : the United Kingdom, 1800-1906

Summary
To live in nineteenth-century Britain was to experience an astonishing and unprecedented series of changes. Cities grew vast; there were revolutions in transportation, communication, science, and work–all while a growing religious skepticism rende... Read more
Contents
Act of union, 1800-02 -- Britannia resurgent, 1802-15 -- Great power, great vicissitudes, 1815-29 -- The iconoclastic years, 1829-41 -- The "hungry" forties, 1841-48 -- Great Exhibition, half time, 1848-52 -- Equipoise and angst, 1852-65 -- Leapin... Read more
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xxi, 601 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Publisher
Viking 2017

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 941 CAN in Adult Non-fiction Available

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