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1st ed.

London : Harper Collins, 1994

282 s. : il.

ISBN 0-00-327257-5 (brož.)

Obsahuje předmluvu a rejstřík

Velká Británie - dějiny - politika - kultura - stol.18.-20. - stati a fotografie

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Contents // Section A: Key Changes 1700-1850 // 1 People and Industry 1 // 2 Agriculture — New Ways to Feed More People 6 // 3 The Marvel of Machines 16 // 4 The New Age of Iron 25 // 5 Coal and Steam - Powering the Wheels of Industry 33 // 6 Road, Water, Rail - People and Goods on the Move 42 // Section B: Key Changes 1850-1980s // 7 Population - New Patterns of Living 68 // 8 Changing Fortunes in Agriculture 73 // 9 The Rise and Fall of Industrial Britain 84 // 10 Transport for All - 104 // Section C: Responses to Change 1700-1980s // 11 The Growth of Cities 1700-1980s 124 // 12 Life in a Victorian City 136 // 13 Public Health 1800-1980s 144 // 14 Working Conditions and Reform in the 19th Century 152 // 15 The Problem of Poverty 1700-1900 161 // 16 The Making of the Welfare State 168 // 17 Standards of Living and the Industrial Revolution 179 // 18 Working-class Movements 1700-1850 188 // 19 Trade Unions 1850-1980S 198 // 20 The Rise of the Labour Party 1870s-1920s 212 // 21 The Changing Role of Women 1800-1980S 217 // 22 Education for a Changing Britain 1700-1980s 226 // 23 The Decline of Religion 1700-1980S 239 // 24 Communications 1800-1980s 245 // 25 British Trade and Policy 1700-1980s 254 // 26 Migration and Multi-cultural Britain 1700-1980S 262 // Index 275 // Acts of Parliament 278 // Acknowledgements 279 // Conversion Charts 282