A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Britain

Copyright © 2002 by Blackwell Publishers Ltd

A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Britain

Editor(s): H. T. Dickinson

Published Online: 13 DEC 2007

Print ISBN: 9780631218371

Online ISBN: 9780470998885

DOI: 10.1002/9780470998885

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This authoritative Companion introduces readers to the developments that lead to Britain becoming a great world power, 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.
  • Examines Britain's position from the perspective of other European nations.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xxx)

  2. Part I: Politics and the Constitution

    1. Chapter 1

      The British Constitution (pages 1–18)

      H. T. Dickinson

    2. Chapter 2

      The British State (pages 19–29)

      Eckhart Hellmuth and Angela Davis

    3. Chapter 3

      Finance and Taxation (pages 30–39)

      Patrick Karl O'Brien

    4. Chapter 4

      Local Government and Local Society (pages 40–54)

      David Eastwood

    5. Chapter 5

      Parliament, Parties and Elections (1688–1760) (pages 55–68)

      Brian Hill

    6. Chapter 6

      Parliament, Parties and Elections (1760–1815) (pages 69–80)

      Stephen M. Lee

    7. Chapter 7

      The Jacobite Movement (pages 81–96)

      Daniel Szechi

    8. Chapter 8

      Popular Politics and Radical Ideas (pages 97–111)

      H. T. Dickinson

    9. Chapter 9

      The Crisis of the French Revolution (pages 112–124)

      Emma Vincent Macleod

  3. Part II: The Economy and Society

    1. Chapter 10

      Manufacturing and Commerce (pages 125–140)

      John Rule

    2. Chapter 11

      Agriculture and Rural Life (pages 141–157)

      Gordon Mingay

    3. Chapter 12

      The Landed Elite (pages 158–171)

      Richard G. Wilson

    4. Chapter 13

      The Middling Orders (pages 172–182)

      Nicholas Rogers

    5. Chapter 14

      The Labouring Poor (pages 183–195)

      John Rule

    6. Chapter 15

      Urban Life and Culture (pages 196–208)

      Peter Borsay

    7. Chapter 16

      Women and the Family (pages 210–222)

      John D. Ramsbottom

  4. Part III: Religion

    1. Chapter 17

      The Church of England (pages 223–240)

      Jeremy Gregory

    2. Chapter 18

      Religious Minorities in England (pages 241–251)

      Colin Haydon

    3. Chapter 19

      Methodism and the Evangelical Revival (pages 252–259)

      G. M. Ditchfield

    4. Chapter 20

      Religion in Scotland (pages 260–270)

      Stewart J. Brown

    5. Chapter 21

      Religion in Ireland (pages 271–280)

      Sean J. Connolly

  5. Part IV: Culture

    1. Chapter 22

      Print Culture (pages 281–293)

      Bob Harris

    2. Chapter 23

      Political Ideas from Locke to Paine (pages 294–310)

      Pamela Edwards

    3. Chapter 24

      The Making of Elite Culture (pages 311–328)

      Maura A. Henry

    4. Chapter 25

      Literature and Drama (pages 329–343)

      J. Alan Downie

    5. Chapter 26

      Popular Culture (pages 344–357)

      Bob Bushaway

    6. Chapter 27

      Crime and Punishment (pages 358–366)

      James A. Sharpe

  6. Part V: Union and Disunion in the British Isles

    1. Chapter 28

      Integration: Patriotism and Nationalism (pages 367–380)

      Colin Kidd

    2. Chapter 29

      Scotland and the Union (pages 381–391)

      Alexander Murdoch

    3. Chapter 30

      Wales in the Eighteenth Century (pages 392–402)

      Geraint H. Jenkins

    4. Chapter 31

      Ireland: The Making of the ‘Protestant Ascendancy’, 1690–1760 (pages 403–413)

      Paddy McNally

    5. Chapter 32

      Ireland: Radicalism, Rebellion and Union (pages 414–428)

      Martyn J. Powell

  7. Part VI: Britain and the Wider World

    1. Chapter 33

      Britain's Emergence as a European Power, 1688–1815 (pages 429–446)

      H. M. Scott

    2. Chapter 34

      Britain and the Atlantic World (pages 447–459)

      W. A. Speck

    3. Chapter 35

      Britain and India (pages 460–472)

      Bruce P. Lenman

    4. Chapter 36

      The British Army (pages 473–480)

      Stanley D. M. Carpenter

    5. Chapter 37

      The Royal Navy (pages 481–488)

      Richard Harding

    6. Chapter 38

      Britain and the Slave Trade (pages 489–498)

      John Oldfield

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      Bibliography (pages 499–515)

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      Index (pages 516–550)

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