Empire, State, and Society - Bronstein, Jamie L.; Harris, Andrew T.
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Great Britain's daunting formal empire of the nineteenth century has faded, but its memory informs our understanding of the nation today. Empire, State, and Society explores Britain's pinnacle in an accessible style for both US and UK undergraduates. Assessing both internal and external forces of Britain's transition from superpower to its current state, the text is organized to allow professors flexibility in depth of reading as student ability and course length allow. The text's balanced narratives provide students with an understanding of politics, social and economic history, and cultural…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Great Britain's daunting formal empire of the nineteenth century has faded, but its memory informs our understanding of the nation today. Empire, State, and Society explores Britain's pinnacle in an accessible style for both US and UK undergraduates. Assessing both internal and external forces of Britain's transition from superpower to its current state, the text is organized to allow professors flexibility in depth of reading as student ability and course length allow. The text's balanced narratives provide students with an understanding of politics, social and economic history, and cultural and intellectual history of nineteenth-century Britain.
Empire, State, and Society assesses the external and internal forces behind Britain s transformation from global superpower to its current position in the twenty-first century. The authors provide an accessible and balanced introduction, which is thoughtfully organized for ease of use for both students and teachers.

Offers a crucial comparative dimension which sets the experience of Britain alongside that of twenty-first-century superpower, the United States of America
Draws on recent scholarship to provide a highly current perspective
Organised to allow professors to assign readings with more or less depth as student abilities and course lengths allow
Written in a style that is wholly accessible and exciting for undergraduates in both the US and the UK
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Autorenporträt
Jamie L. Bronstein is Professor of History at New Mexico State University. She is the author of three books: Land Reform and Working-Class Experience in Britain and the United States, 1800-1862 (1999), Caught in the Machinery: Workplace Accidents and Injured Workers in Nineteenth-Century Britain (2008), and Transatlantic Radical: John Francis Bray (2009).  Andrew T. Harris is Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at Bridgewater State University. He is the author of Policing the City: Crime and Legal Authority in London, 1780-1840 (2004).
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"Nevertheless, for those looking for a concise, coherent, and accessible introduction to 19th- and 20th-century British history at the undergraduate level, this book is definitely worthy of serious consideration. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All undergraduate collections." (Choice, 1 September 2012)