The Georgians : the deeds and misdeeds of eighteenth-century Britain


Penelope J. Corfield
Bok Engelsk 2022
Omfang
xiv, 470 sider : illustrasjoner
Opplysninger
Heftet utgave 2023. - Part I. The Georgians debating an age of change. Introducing the Georgians ; Locating the Georgians at home and abroad ; Georgian voices of gloom ; Georgian voices of optimism -- Part II. The Georgians experiencing change in daily life. Sharing family lives between private and public worlds ; Exploring sexualities ; Gaining literacy and numeracy ; Redefining religion and irreligion -- Part III. The Georgians ruling and resisting. Negotiating political power 'indoors' ; Participating in public life 'out of doors' ; Seeking social solutions at home ; Encountering the world and its people -- Part IV. The Georgians in social ferment. Aristocrats, plutocrats and cross-class gentlemen ; Middlocrats ; The advent of the workers ; The allure of celebrities and meritocrats -- Part V. The Georgians viewed long. Georgians in an age of experimentation ; Georgians in an age of urbanisation ; Georgian deeds and misdeeds -- Calendar of Georgian commemorations.. - "The Georgian era (1714-1830) was a time of innovations. It saw the end of monarchical absolutism, the world's first industrial revolution, and deep transformations in religious and cultural life. Britain vastly expanded its global exploration and settlements overseas and played an ignoble role in the international trade in enslaved Africans. But how were these major transitions experienced by people at the time? Are their responses surprising-or to be expected? In this wide-ranging history, Penelope J. Corfield explores every aspect of Georgian life-love and violence, politics and empire, religion and science, industry and towns. People's responses were often divided. Pessimists saw loss and decline, while optimists saw improvements and light. Out of these tensions came the Georgian culture of experiment and resistance. Corfield shows how features of continuity, like the monarchy and titled society, persisted alongside innovations-while both old ways and new developments were challenged whenever the human costs proved too great"--
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ISBN
9780300270563

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