Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783
- ISBN-10
- 1350306924
- ISBN-13
- 9781350306929
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 328
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-09-10
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Author
- Jeremy Black
Description
Jeremy Black sets the politics of eighteenth century Britain into the fascinating context of social, economic, cultural, religious and scientific developments. The second edition of this successful text by a leading authority in the field has now been updated and expanded to incorporate the latest research and scholarship.
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