Rethinking the Age of Reform: Britain 1780 1850

Book Overview

Combining the research of recognized young scholars, this book revisits Britain's much-studied age of reform, before and after the Great Reform Act of 1832. It demonstrates that reformers hoped to reform not only parliament, government, the law and the church, but also medicine and the theater, among other entities. While the study focuses primarily on Britain, it also includes essays on Ireland, the Empire and continental Europe. A substantial introduction provides an overview of the period and its historiography.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521823943
• ISBN13: 9780521823944
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"