Fins de siècle
Subtitle: how centuries end, 1400-2000
By: edited by Asa Briggs and Daniel Snowman.
Contributors: Briggs, Asa, 1921-; Snowman, Daniel.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New Haven, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Great Britain -- History -- Periodization.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-242) and index.
Table of contents: title: The 1390s : the empty throne / Paul Strohm; title: The 1490s : continuities and contrasts / Malcolm Vale; title: The 1590s : apotheosis or nemesis of the Elizabethan regime? / Ian Archer; title: The 1690s : finance, fashion and frivolity / Peter Earle; title: The 1790s : "visions of unsullied bliss" / Roy Porter; title: the 1890s : past, present, and future in headlines / Asa Briggs; title: The 1990s : the final chapter / Asa Briggs.