The Origins of Political Stability Author:J. H. Plumb Subtitled England 1675-1725 — For his Ford lectures, given at Oxford in 1965, J. H. Plumb took as his theme one of the most baffling problems in English political history. How did England achieve political stability? During the seventeenth century England experienced civil war, revolution and constant turbulence, yet by 1725 the stability of her ... more »institutions was the envy of Europe, for they seemed to combine monarchial authority with liberty for the subject. The processes by which this transformation took place are the theme of this exceptionally important book.« less
An excellent review by one of Britain's premiere historians of the factors that led to Britain's political stability and set the foundation for the Industrial Revolution.