The Golden Age: Essays in British Social and Economic History, 1850-1870
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In 1850 the Industrial Revolution came to an end. In 1851 the Great Exhibition illustrated to the whole world the supremacy of industrial England. For the next twenty years Britain reigned supreme. From around 1870 Britain began to decline. Britain is now a second rate power with strong memories of its former supremacy. The above five sentences summarise a common view of the sequencing of Britain's rise and relative fall, a stereotype that is challenged...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0754601145
ISBN13:9780754601142
Release Date:December 2000
Publisher:Routledge
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.33 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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