Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction
(Part of the Oxford's Very Short Introductions series Series)
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The nineteenth century was a time of massive growth for Britain. In 1800 it was overwhelmingly rural, agrarian, multilingual, and almost half-Celtic. A century later it was largely urban and English. The effects of the Industrial Revolution caused cities to swell enormously. London, for example, grew from about 1 million people to over 6 million. Abroad, the British Empire was reaching its apex, while at home the world came to marvel at the Great...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0192853988
ISBN13:9780192853981
Release Date:August 2005
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 4.4" x 6.9"
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