A Companion to Nineteenth-Century BritainChris Williams A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Britain presents 33 essays by expert scholars on all the major aspects of the political, social, economic and cultural history of Britain during the late Georgian and Victorian eras.
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Part II Politics and Government | 93 |
Part III Economy and Society | 203 |
Part IV Society and Culture | 335 |
Part V The United Kingdom | 471 |
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