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Stress and Stability in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain: Reflections on the British Avoidance of Revolution: The Ford Lectures 1984
Stress and Stability in Late EighteenthCentury Britain Reflections on the British Avoidance of Revolution The Ford Lectures 1984
Author: Ian R. Christie
Ian Christie here discusses the factors that influenced the widespread acceptance of the existing social and governmental structures in the face of much pressure for revolutionary change in 18th-century Europe. He points to the distribution of wealth among the lower and middle class, the growth of industry, social support offered by the poor law...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780198201083
ISBN-10: 0198201087
Publication Date: 12/4/1986
Pages: 230
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
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