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  • Britain and America, 1850–1939

    A Study of Economic Change

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1970, Britain and America 1850–1939 is a key text for anyone seeking to trace and interpret the development of the two great trans-Atlantic economies.The authors present a comparative survey of the economic development of Britain and America. The book compares and contrasts the economic and social progress of the two countries in the period of rapid industrialization and ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • The Transformation of Britain

    1830–1939

    by G. E. Mingay ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1986, The Transformation of Britain, 1830–1939 delves into the significant changes that occurred across the landscape and society of Britain during this prominent age of reform and innovation.The book traces the rapid increase in the pace and scale of change across Britain, and explores the key developments that occurred. It examines the changes in population as more people ... Read more

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  • English Landed Society in the Eighteenth Century

    by G.E Mingay ...
    First published in 2006. This book is based on research into estate records and studies around the three broad categories of landowners: peers, gentry, and freeholders. Landed property was the foundation of eighteenth-century society. The soil itself yielded the nation its sustenance and most of its raw materials, and provided the population with its most extensive means of employment; and the ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • A Social History of the English Countryside

    by G. E. Mingay ...
    Traces the rise and fall of rural England from the Middle Ages to the Second World War and the nature of the changes which have occurred. ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • The Famine Plot

    England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy

    During a Biblical seven years in the middle of the nineteenth century, Ireland experienced the worst disaster a nation could suffer. Fully a quarter of its citizens either perished from starvation or emigrated, with so many dying en route that it was said, "you can walk dry shod to America on their bodies." In this grand, sweeping narrative, Ireland''s best-known historian, Tim Pat Coogan, gives a ... Read more

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  • The Great Irish Potato Famine

    In the century before the great famine of the late 1840s, the Irish people, and the poor especially, became increasingly dependent on the potato for their food. So when potato blight struck, causing the tubers to rot in the ground, they suffered a grievous loss. Thus began a catastrophe in which approximately one million people lost their lives and many more left Ireland for North America, ... Read more

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  • Ragged London

    The Life of London's Poor

    Ragged London describes life in the rookeries of London, where forty people would live together in one room. Although life was a constant struggle against famine, disease and violence, the people enjoyed a closeness that was more than the result of overcrowding. Their lives were lived entirely within the 'mean streets' of their little corner of London. They were born and raised within the ... Read more

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  • The Penguin Social History of Britain

    English Society in the Eighteenth Century

    by Roy Porter ...
    A portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered include - diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays, paintings, and work and wages. ... Read more

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  • The Great Stink of London

    Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis

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  • The Real Lark Rise to Candleford

    Life in the Victorian Countryside

    by Pamela Horn ...
    'The world was at the beginning of a new era, the era of machinery and scientific discovery. Values and conditions of life were changing everywhere. Even to simple country people the change was apparent - But side by side with these changes, the old country civilization lingered. Traditions and customs which had lasted for centuries did not die out in a moment.' - Lark Rise to Candleford, Flora ... Read more

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  • Tracing Your Rural Ancestors

    A Guide For Family Historians

    Series series Tracing Your Ancestors
    Many family historians will come across direct links to ancestors who lived and worked in the countryside as farmers, laborers, landowners, village tradesmen and professionals for most of us have rural ancestors. Yet despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy, these people have rarely been written about with the family historian in mind. No previous book has provided a guide to the documents and ... Read more

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