James Vernon is Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Politics and the People (1993), Hunger: A Modern History (2007) and Distant Strangers: How Britain Became Modern (2014), and the editor of Rereading the Constitution (1996), The Peculiarities of Liberal Modernity in Imperial Britain (2011) and the Berkeley Series in British Studies. He is also on the editorial boards of Social History, Twentieth Century British History, and the Journal of British Studies.
Part I. 1750-1819: The Ends of the Ancien Regime: 1. The imperial state
2. An enlightened civil society and its others
3. An imperial economy and the population question
Part II. 1819-85: Becoming Liberal and Global: 4. Reform and revolutions in government
5. An empire of free trade?
6. Practicing democracy
Part III. 1885-1931: The Crises of Liberalism: 7. The British imperium
8. The social problem
9. The rise of the mass
Part IV. 1931-76: Society Triumphant: 10. Late imperialism and social democracy
11. Social democracy and the Cold War
12. The ends of social democracy
Part V. 1976-: A New Liberalism?: 13. The neoliberal revolution and the making of homo economicus.
Part I. 1750-1819: The Ends of the Ancien Regime: 1. The imperial state; 2. An enlightened civil society and its others; 3. An imperial economy and the population question; Part II. 1819-85: Becoming Liberal and Global: 4. Reform and revolutions in government; 5. An empire of free trade?; 6. Practicing democracy; Part III. 1885-1931: The Crises of Liberalism: 7. The British imperium; 8. The social problem; 9. The rise of the mass; Part IV. 1931-76: Society Triumphant: 10. Late imperialism and social democracy; 11. Social democracy and the Cold War; 12. The ends of social democracy; Part V. 1976-: A New Liberalism?: 13. The neoliberal revolution and the making of homo economicus.