The Shaping of Modern Britain: Identity, Industry and Empire, 1780-1914

by Eric J. Evans

In this wide-ranging history of modern Britain, Eric Evans surveys every aspect of the period in which Britain was transformed into the world's first industrial power. By the end of the nineteenth century, Britain was still ruled by wealthy landowners, but the world over which they presided had been utterly transformed. It was an era of revolutionary change unparalleled in Britain - yet that change was achieved without political revolution.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1408225646
• ISBN13: 9781408225646
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.4"