Britain 1740 1950

Author : Richard Lawton,Colin G. Pooley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000390285

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Britain 1740 – 1950 by Richard Lawton,Colin G. Pooley Pdf

Originally published in 1992, this book provides students with a well-illustrated, clearly written text which offers a coherent overview of Britain’s development from a pre-modern to a modern economy and society. The key processes that have shaped the geography of modern Britain are rooted in the significant demographic, economic, technological and social transitions of the early eighteenth century, the impact of which was not fully diffused through the nation until the mid-20th Century. This country-wide survey examines the nature of this transformation. The material in the book is accessible because the book is clearly structured into 3 phases: 1740 to the 1830s; the 1830s to the 1890s and the 1890s to 1950. For each period, the principal aspects of change in population, industry, the countryside and urban life are examined, and regional examples given to support the analysis.

Author : Richard Lawton,Colin G. Pooley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1992-01
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0713165502

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Britain 1740-1950 by Richard Lawton,Colin G. Pooley Pdf

The key processes that have shaped the geography of modern Britain are rooted in the significant demographic, economic, technological and social transitions of the early eighteenth century, the impact of which was not fully diffused through the nation and its regions until the mid twentieth century. In this country-wide survey, Richard Lawton and Colin Pooley examine the nature of this transformation, the processes of structural change in British society and Britain's place within an international economy and polity.

Author : Helen Meller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1997-08-07
Category : History
ISBN : 052157644X

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Towns, Plans and Society in Modern Britain by Helen Meller Pdf

In this concise survey, Helen Meller aims to explore the interaction of the social and physical environment of cities. All modern societies have experienced mass urbanisation, and have been subject to the economic, social and technological forces which have produced this urbanisation. Yet all towns and cities are not the same. The author points out that historical and cultural factors have played, and are still playing, an important part in shaping responses to these forces. This becomes even more clearly evident when the urban environment becomes subject to planning. Urban regeneration has facilitated not just an improvement in the physical environment of cities but in their economic and social fortunes as well. This study is an accessible analysis of the way in which social, cultural and physical factors have created the quality of life in British cities over the past two centuries.

Author : Paul Addison,Harriet Jones
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781405141406

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A Companion to Contemporary Britain 1939 - 2000 by Paul Addison,Harriet Jones Pdf

A Companion to Contemporary Britain covers the key themesand debates of 20th-century history from the outbreak of the SecondWorld War to the end of the century. Assesses the impact of the Second World War Looks at Britain’s role in the wider world, including thelegacy of Empire, Britain’s ‘specialrelationship’ with the United States, and integration withcontinental Europe Explores cultural issues, such as class consciousness,immigration and race relations, changing gender roles, and theimpact of the mass media Covers domestic politics and the economy Introduces the varied perspectives dominating historicalwriting on this period Identifies the key issues which are likely to fuel futuredebate

Author : Peter Clark,David Michael Palliser,Martin J. Daunton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521417074

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The Cambridge Urban History of Britain by Peter Clark,David Michael Palliser,Martin J. Daunton Pdf

The process of urbanisation and suburbanisation in Britain from the Victorian period to the twentieth century.

Author : Colin Pooley,Jean Turnbull
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135358693

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Migration And Mobility In Britain Since The Eighteenth Century by Colin Pooley,Jean Turnbull Pdf

Poplulation migration is one of the demographic and social processes which have structured the British economy and society over the last 250 years. It affects individuals, families, communities, places, economic and social structures and governments. This book examines the pattern and process of migration in Britain over the last three centuries. Using late 1990s research and data, the authors have shed light on migrations patterns including internal migration and movement overseas, its impact on social and economic change, and highlights differences by gender, age, family, position, socio-economic status and other variables.

Author : Niall Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134215003

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Britain and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic by Niall Johnson Pdf

Between August 1918 and March 1919 a flu pandemic spread across the globe and in just under a year 40 million people had died from the virus worldwide. This is the first book to provide a total history and seriously analyze the British experiences during that time. The book provides the most up-to-date tally of the pandemic’s impact, including the vast mortality, as well as questioning the apparent origins of the pandemic. A ‘total’ history, this book ranges from the spread of the 1918–1919 pandemic, to the basic biology of influenza, and how epidemics and pandemics are possible, to consider the demographic, social, economic and political impacts of such a massive pandemic, including the cultural dimensions of naming, blame, metaphors, memory, the media, art and literature. An inter-disciplinary study, it stretches from history and geography through to medicine in order to convey the full magnitude of the first global medical ‘disaster’ of the twentieth century, and looks ahead to possible pandemics of the future. Niall Johnson brings an impressive scholarly eye on this fascinating and highly relevant topic making this essential reading for historians and those with an interest in British and medical history.

Author : Ron Johnston,Michael Williams,British Academy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 0197262864

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A Century of British Geography by Ron Johnston,Michael Williams,British Academy Pdf

These essays trace the evolution of British geography as an academic discipline during the last hundred years, and stress how the study of the world we live in is fundamental to an understanding of its problems and concerns. Never before has such an ambitious and wide-ranging review been attempted, and never before has it been done with so much knowledge and passion. The principal themes covered in this volume are those of environment, place and space, and the applied geography of map-making and planning. The volume also addresses specific issues such as disease, urbanization, regional viability, and ethics and social problems. This lively and accessible work offers many insights into the minds and practices of today's geographers.

Author : Jon Stobart
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0719064627

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The First Industrial Region by Jon Stobart Pdf

"This book has much to offer second- and third-year undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in economic, social and urban history, and historical geography."--Jacket.

Author : Margaret M. V. Elliot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39015005050243

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British History Displayed, 1688-1950 by Margaret M. V. Elliot Pdf

Author : Alan R. H. Baker,Mark Billinge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004-06-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521822610

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Geographies of England by Alan R. H. Baker,Mark Billinge Pdf

This is the pioneering exploration of the history of a fundamentally geographical concept - the North-South divide of England. Six essays treating different historical periods in time are integrated by two geographical questions and a concludingessay reviews the social construction of England.

Author : Stephen Mosley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135027773

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The Chimney of the World by Stephen Mosley Pdf

In this innovative contribution to the field of environmental history, Stephen Mosley explores the devastating human and environmental costs of smoke pollution in the world’s first industrial city.

Author : David Churchill
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192518729

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Crime Control and Everyday Life in the Victorian City by David Churchill Pdf

The history of modern crime control is usually presented as a narrative of how the state wrested control over the governance of crime from the civilian public. Most accounts trace the decline of a participatory, discretionary culture of crime control in the early modern era, and its replacement by a centralized, bureaucratic system of responding to offending. The formation of the 'new' professional police forces in the nineteenth century is central to this narrative: henceforth, it is claimed, the priorities of criminal justice were to be set by the state, as ordinary people lost what authority they had once exercised over dealing with offenders. This book challenges this established view, and presents a fundamental reinterpretation of changes to crime control in the age of the new police. It breaks new ground by providing a highly detailed, empirical analysis of everyday crime control in Victorian provincial cities - revealing the tremendous activity which ordinary people displayed in responding to crime - alongside a rich survey of police organization and policing in practice. With unique conceptual clarity, it seeks to reorient modern criminal justice history away from its established preoccupation with state systems of policing and punishment, and move towards a more nuanced analysis of the governance of crime. More widely, the book provides a unique and valuable vantage point from which to rethink the role of civil society and the state in modern governance, the nature of agency and authority in Victorian England, and the historical antecedents of pluralized modes of crime control which characterize contemporary society.

Author : Robert J. Bennett,Harry Smith,Carry van Lieshout,Piero Montebruno,Gill Newton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351662314

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The Age of Entrepreneurship by Robert J. Bennett,Harry Smith,Carry van Lieshout,Piero Montebruno,Gill Newton Pdf

This landmark research volume provides the first detailed history of entrepreneurship in Britain from the nineteenth century to the present. Using a remarkable new database of more than nine million entrepreneurs, it gives new understanding to the development of Britain as the world’s ‘first industrial nation’. Based on the first long-term whole-population analysis of British small business, it uses novel methods to identify from the 10-yearly population census the two to four million people per year who operated businesses in the period 1851–1911. Using big data analytics, it reveals how British businesses evolved over time, supplementing the census-derived data on individuals with other sources on companies and business histories. By comparing to modern data, it reveals how the late-Victorian period was a ‘golden age’ for smaller and medium-sized business, driven by family firms, the accelerating participation of women and the increasing use of incorporation as significant vehicles for development. A unique resource and citation for future research on entrepreneurship, of crucial significance to economic development policies for small business around the world, and above all the key entry point for researchers to the database which is deposited at the UK Data Archive, this major publication will change our understanding of the scale and economic significance of small businesses in the nineteenth century.

Author : Keith Hoggart
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030626518

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A Contrived Countryside by Keith Hoggart Pdf

This book shows how governance regimes before the 1970s suppressed rural prospects of housing improvement and created conditions for middle-class capture. Using original archival sources to reveal the intricacies of local and national policy processes, weak rural housing performances are shown to owe more to national governance regimes than local under-performance. Looking `behind the scenes' at policy processes highlights neglected principles in national governance, and shows how investigating rural housing is fundamental to understanding the national scene. With original insights and a new analytical perspective, this volume offers evidence and conclusions that challenge mainstream assumptions in public policy, housing, rural studies and planning.