WAR AND BRITISH SOCIETY 1688-1815 by H. V. Bowen ( 9780521576451 )

Item Details

Title:

WAR AND BRITISH SOCIETY 1688-1815

By:

H. V. Bowen

Format:

Paperback

List price:

£25.00

Our price:

£21.88

Discount:

12.5% off

You save:

£3.12

ISBN 10:

0521576458

ISBN 13:

9780521576451

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 0 available

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

28 March, 1998

Series:

New Studies in Economic and Social History 35

Pages:

114

Description:

This 1998 book discusses the considerable influence of war on the development of Britain's society and economy in the 'long eighteenth century'.

Synopsis:

Drawing on a large volume of research, this 1998 book considers sustained warfare as a powerful agent of change which transformed a wide range of institutions, structures, and processes in Britain between 1688 and 1815, a period when Britain was at war for much of the time. Stressing the positive as well as the negative, and the long term as well as the short term, the effects of war are brought to bear upon questions of central importance in the study of eighteenth-century British history. How effectively did the emerging state cope with the financial and logistical demands of war? How severe were the economic and social strains imposed upon the population at large, and how did they respond to the call to arms? What effect did war have upon the industrialising economy? A balanced overview is presented of Britain as a nation at war during an important phase of her development as an imperial, industrial and military power.

Publication:

Imprint:

Cambridge University Press

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

A DEAR AND NOBLE BOY (HB)

BRITAIN'S OCEANIC EMPIRE

BRITAIN'S OCEANIC EMPIRE (HB)

BRITAIN'S OCEANIC EMPIRE (PB)

ELITES, ENTERPRISE AND THE MAKING OF THE BRITISH OVERSEAS EMPIRE 1688-1775

ELITES, ENTERPRISE AND THE MAKING OF THE BRITISH OVERSEAS EMPIRE 1688-1775 (HB)