Empire, State, and Society: Britain since 1830

354 Pages·2012·3.676 MB·English

by  Jamie L. Bronstein, Andrew T. Harris

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Empire, State, and Society
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Empire, State, and Society
Britain Since 1830
Jamie L. Bronstein and Andrew T. Harris
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Contents
ListofIllustrations vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 Britainto1830 4
2 UniversalSuffrageandNoSurrender:PoliticsatHomeandAbroad,
1830–1867 30
3 DarkSatanicMills?EconomicandSocialChange,1830–1867 52
4 Utilitarians,Evangelicals,andEmpire:IntellectualandCultural
Developments,1830–1867 70
5 DemocracyandEmpire:Politics,1867–1910 91
6 TheDeclineoftheAristocracy:EconomicandSocialChange,
1867–1910 110
7 FaithandDoubt?CulturalChange,1867–1910 125
8 InFlandersFields:BritainandtheGreatWar,1910–1918 147
9 NationalismandDepression:Politics,Economics,andSocialChange,
1919–1939 168
10 CultureandIdeasbetweentheWars,1919–1939 191
11 LondonBurning:BritainintheSecondWorldWar 206
12 WindsofChange:Politics,1945–1979 222
13 BuildingaWelfareState:SocietyandtheEconomy,1945–1979 242
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14 MeettheBeatles:CulturalandIntellectualDevelopments,1945–1979 259
15 FromRuleBritanniatoCoolBritannia:Politics,1979–2007 277
16 WhitherBritain?SocietyandCulturesince1979 296
Appendix:ReignsandMinistriessince1830 312
Bibliography 315
Index 330
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List of Illustrations
Figures
2.1 TheHouseofCommons,1833bySirGeorgeHayter 33
2.2 Illustrationofchildrenatworkinminesfroman1842
ParliamentaryReport 34
3.1 “ThePoorMan’sFriend,”byPunchcartoonistJohnLeech,1845 55
3.2 Aprintof1835showsworkersoperatingapairofspinningmules 65
4.1 APunchcartoonistlampoonsbothDarwinismandanolder,
abolitionistimage 80
4.2 AninteriorviewoftheBritishNaveofthe1851GreatExhibition 89
5.1 PunchcartoonofDisraelipresentingQueenVictoriawiththetitle
“EmpressofIndia” 98
6.1 AVictorianadvertisementfortobaccoinvokespatriotism,military
service,andtheEast 114
6.2 BarefootchildrenattheCharlesThompsonPoorChildren’sMission
inBirkenhead 117
7.1 MiddlesexMusicHallposterof1886displaysits“Wondrous
ElectricalAutomaton” 127
7.2 “Socialism&theImperialisticWill’otheWisp”:cartoonfrom
Justice,1901 136
8.1 ChristabelPankhurstandAnnieKenny,oftheWomen’sSocialand
PoliticalUnion 150
8.2 WomenworkinginaCoventrymunitionsplantintheFirst
WorldWar 160
9.1 WorkersatCrewedemonstrateduringthe1926generalstrike 176
9.2 HungermarchersinLondonin1932 184
11.1 “Don’tdoit,Mother”pleadsaSecondWorldWarposter 214
12.1 BritishtroopsmovethroughPortSaidduringthe1956Suezcrisis 231
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12.2 DarkmomentsinNorthernIreland’s“Troubles”:afuneralfor
BloodySundayvictims 236
12.3 Autoworkersonstrikein1979intheWinterofDiscontent 239
13.1 JamaicanimmigrantsfromtheEmpireWindrushatTilburyDocksin
1948 250
15.1 “CoalNotDole”:minershopingtosavethepitsinthebitter
1984strike 281
16.1 AbuswreckedbyoneoftheterrorattacksinLondononJuly7,2005 297
Maps
1.1 CountiesofGreatBritainandIrelandin1830. 6
2.1 TheVictorianempire. 46
5.1 TheBoerWarandtheformationofSouthAfrica. 104
8.1 EuropeanalliancesandthestartoftheFirstWorldWar. 149
8.2 MajorbattlesoftheWesternFront. 157
11.1 MajorbattlesoftheSecondWorldWar. 211,212
12.1 India,Partitionandconflict. 228