Product Overview
From Follett
Includes bibliographical references (page 147-152) and index. Presents a brief overview of the history of nineteenth century Britain, chronicling its transformation through the Industrial Revolution, and explaining the social and political changes, from rural and agrarian to urban and Imperialist.
From the Publisher
First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change and an even more remarkable political stability.