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A mad, bad, and dangerous people? : England, 1783-1846 /
In a period scarred by apprehensions of revolution, war, invasion, poverty, and disease, elite members of society lived in constant fear of what they thought of as the 'mad, bad, and dangerous people'. Boyd Hilton examines the changes in politics and society in the years 1783-1846, and how...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | New Oxford history of England.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In a period scarred by apprehensions of revolution, war, invasion, poverty, and disease, elite members of society lived in constant fear of what they thought of as the 'mad, bad, and dangerous people'. Boyd Hilton examines the changes in politics and society in the years 1783-1846, and how the raffish and rakish style of eighteenth-century society, having reached a peak in the Regency, then succumbed to the new norms of respectability popularly known as 'Victorianism'. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxv, 757 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 664-723) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435617995 1435617991 9780191566202 0191566209 9780198228301 0198228309 |