A mad, bad, and dangerous people? England, 1783-1846
- Author/Creator:
- Hilton, Boyd
- Publication/Creation:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- A mad, bad, and dangerous people? England, 1783-1846 / Boyd Hilton
- Series Titles:
- New Oxford History of England
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- National characteristics, English--History--19th century
National characteristics, English--History--18th century
Great Britain--History--George III, 1760-1820
Great Britain--History--William IV, 1830-1837
Great Britain--History--George IV, 1820-1830
England--Civilization--19th century
England--Civilization--18th century
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures and Maps; List of Tables; Abbreviations; 1. ENGLAND 1783-1846: A PREVIEW; 2. POLITICS IN THE TIME OF PITT AND FOX, 1783-1807; 3. PITTISM AND PLUTOCRACY: THE SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS; 4. POLITICS IN THE TIME OF LIVERPOOL AND CANNING, 1807-1827; 5. RULING IDEOLOGIES; 6. THE CRISIS OF THE OLD ORDER, 1827-1832; 7. CONTESTING MECHANICAL PHILOSOPHY; 8. POLITICS IN THE TIME OF MELBOURNE AND PEEL, 1833-1846; 9. THE CONDITION AND RECONDITIONING OF ENGLAND; 10. AFTERWARDS: 'THERE ARE NO BARBARIANS ANY LONGER'; Chronology; Bibliography; Index
- Summary:
- In a period scarred by apprehensions of revolution, war, invasion, poverty, and disease, elite members of society lived in constant fear of what they thought of as the 'mad, bad, and dangerous people'. Boyd Hilton examines the changes in politics and society in the years 1783-1846, and how the raffish and rakish style of eighteenth-century society, having reached a peak in the Regency, then succumbed to the new norms of respectability popularly known as 'Victorianism'. - ;This was a transformative period in English history. In 1783 the country was at one of the lowest points in its fortunes, h
- Language:
- English
- Language Note:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (xxv, 757 pages)
- General Note:
- Description based upon print version of record.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9936530365002486
- ISBN:
- 1-281-14717-6
0-19-156620-9
1-4356-1799-1 - OCLC Number:
- 191027971
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