Title: Structures and transformations in modern British history
Description: "This major collection of essays challenges many of our preconceptions about British political and social history from the late eighteenth century to the present. Inspired by the work of Gareth Stedman Jones, twelve leading scholars explore both the long-term structures - social, political and intellectual - of modern British history, and the forces that have transformed those structures at key moments. The result is a series of insightful, original essays presenting new research within a broad historical context. Subjects covered include the consequences of rapid demographic change in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; the forces shaping transnational networks, especially those between Britain and its empire; and the recurrent problem of how we connect cultural politics to social change. An introductory essay situates Stedman Jones's work within the broader historiographical trends of the past thirty years, drawing important conclusions about new directions for scholarship in the twenty-first century"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Politics and government, Social conditions, Sociale geschiedenis, Politiek, Intellectual life, Great britain, politics and government, 19th century, Great britain, politics and government, 20th century, Great britain, politics and government, 21st century, Great britain, social conditions, Great britain, intellectual life
Places: Great Britain
Time periods: 20th century, 19th century, 21st century