England in the Eighteenth CenturyThis history of England in the 18th century is not a chronological narrative of ministries and wars, but a history of the development of English society; the ministries and wars, of course, have their place, but no greater a place than the economic, cultural, and social history of the time. The book is divided into three parts: the ages of Walpole, of Chatham, and of Pitt. |
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TRADE AND WEALTH 171442 | 21 |
SCIENCE AND CULTURE OF THE AUGUSTAN AGE | 28 |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | 34 |
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