A mad, bad, and dangerous people? :: England, 1783-1846 /

In a period scarred by apprehensions of revolution, war, invasion, poverty, and disease, elite members of society lived in constant fear of what they thought of as the 'mad, bad, and dangerous people'. Boyd Hilton examines the changes in politics and society in the years 1783-1846, and how...

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1. Verfasser: Hilton, Boyd
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Schriftenreihe:New Oxford history of England.
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Zusammenfassung:In a period scarred by apprehensions of revolution, war, invasion, poverty, and disease, elite members of society lived in constant fear of what they thought of as the 'mad, bad, and dangerous people'. Boyd Hilton examines the changes in politics and society in the years 1783-1846, and how the raffish and rakish style of eighteenth-century society, having reached a peak in the Regency, then succumbed to the new norms of respectability popularly known as 'Victorianism'.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxv, 757 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 664-723) and index.
ISBN:9781435617995
1435617991
9780191566202
0191566209
9780198228301
0198228309
1281147176
9781281147172