The Human Tradition in Modern Britain

Herausgeber: Litzenberger, Caroline; Lyon, Eileen Groth

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This engaging book provides a gateway to larger themes in modern British history through a set of fascinating portraits of individuals that explore important events and movements from the perspective of the people involved. As a rich and humanized supplement to traditional survey texts, this book offers readers a deeper understanding of key facets of British life in the early modern and modern periods.

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Produktdetails

• The Human Tradition around the World series
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9780742537347
• ISBN-10: 074253734X
• Artikelnr.: 21708349

Autorenporträt

Caroline Litzenberger is associate professor of history at Portland State University. Eileen Groth Lyon is associate professor of history at the State University of New York at Fredonia.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 John Locke: Politics, Philosophy, and
Public Service Chapter 3 Sisters, Shopkeepers, and Dissenters: Singlewomen
in Britain at the Turn of the Eighteenth Century Chapter 4 Charles
Townshend and Eighteenth-century British Politics Chapter 5 Evangelical
Religion Chapter 6 Captain Rock, Captain Swing: "Primitive" Rebels and
Radical Politics in England and Ireland, 1790-1845 Chapter 7 The Oxford
Movement in Wales: A Catholic Revival in a Protestant Land Chapter 8 Albert
and the Great Exhibition of 1851: Creating the Ceremonial of Industry
Chapter 9 The Indian Rebellion of 1857: A Crisis in British Imperial
Consciousness Chapter 10 Charles Bradlaugh, Militant Unbelief, and the
Civil Rights of Atheists Chapter 11 In Fits and Starts: The Education
Struggle in Nineteenth-century Britain Chapter 12 A Woman's Right to Be
Herself: The Political Journeys of Three British Suffrage Campaigners
Chapter 13 Mary Butler, Domesticity, Housewifery, and Identity in Ireland,
1899-1912 Chapter 14 G. K. Chesterton and British National Identity in
World War I Chapter 15 Barbara Nixon: A Warden's Blitz Chapter 16 Mothers
First: Onitsha Women Battle the Government in Colonial and Postcolonial
Nigeria, 1956-1964 Chapter 17 Margaret Thatcher: The Woman and Her Times

Rezensionen

The collection's scope is impressive, and the essays are beautifully written yet quite accessible. This volume will no doubt serve to make history come alive both for students and the general public. Highly recommended. All public and undergraduate collections. -- S. L. Hoglund, SUNY at Stony Brook CHOICE The collection's scope is impressive, and the essays are beautifully written yet quite accessible. This volume will no doubt serve to make history come alive both for students and the general public. Highly recommended. -- S. L. Hoglund CHOICE Students will find these essays about notable persons an invaluable means of relating to an issue or idea on a individual level, which then allows them to approach larger concepts with greater understanding. The Human Tradition in Modern Britain will be very useful in classes as the basis for lively discussions. -- Margaret Minor, Nicholls State University