A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People?: England 1783-1846 by Boyd Hilton (English) Pa

Description: A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People? by Boyd Hilton Boyd Hilton examines the changes in politics and society in the years 1783-1846, showing how the raffish and rakish style of eighteenth-century society, having reached a peak in the Regency, then succumbed to the new norms of respectability popularly known as Victorianism. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This was a transformative period in English history. In 1783 the country was at one of the lowest points in its fortunes, having just lost its American colonies in warfare. By 1846 it was once more a great imperial nation, as well as the worlds strongest power and dominant economy, having benefited from what has sometimes (if misleadingly) been called the first industrial revolution. In the meantime it survived a decade of invasion fears, and emerged victoriousfrom more than twenty years of war to the death against Napoleonic France. But if Britains external fortunes were in the ascendant, the situation at home remained fraught with peril. The countryspopulation was growing at a rate not experienced by any comparable former society, and its manufacturing towns especially were mushrooming into filthy, disease-ridden, gin-sodden hell-holes, in turn provoking the phantasmagoria of a mad, bad, and dangerous people. It is no wonder that these years should have experienced the most prolonged period of social unrest since the seventeenth century, or that the elite should have been in constant fear of a French-style revolution in England.The governing classes responded to these new challenges and by the mid-nineteenth century the seeds of a settled two-party system and of a more socially interventionist state were both inevidence, though it would have been far too soon to say at that stage whether those seeds would take permanent root. Another consequence of these tensions was the intellectual engagement with society, as for example in the Romantic Movement, a literary phenomenon that brought English culture to the forefront of European attention for the first time. At the same time the country experienced the great religious revival, loosely described under the heading evangelicalism. Slowly but surely, theraffish and rakish style of eighteenth-century society, having reached a peak in the Regency, then succumbed to the new norms of respectability popularly known as Victorianism. Notes Subtitled, England 1783-1846. Takes the reader from the world of Georgian England to the Victorian era. The latest book in the New Oxford History Of England series. History writing at its most compelling. Adam Phillips, The Observer Author Biography Boyd Hilton is Professor of Modern British History in the University of Cambridge and has been a Fellow of Trinity College since 1974. He has served as Senior Tutor, Dean, and Steward of the College. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy. Table of Contents 1: England 1783-1846: An Overview2: Politics in the Time of Pitt and Fox 1783-18073: Pitt and Plutocracy: The Social and Psychological Foundations4: Politics in the Time of Liverpool and Canning 1807-18275: Ruling Ideologies6: The Crisis of the Old Order 1827-18327: Contesting Mechanical Philosophy8: Politics in the Time of Melbourne and Peel 1833-18469: The Condition and Reconditioning of England10: Afterwards: There are no barbarians any longer.BibliographyIndex1: England 1783-1846: An Overview2: Politics in the Time of Pitt and Fox 1783-18073: Pitt and Plutocracy: The Social and Psychological Foundations4: Politics in the Time of Liverpool and Canning 1807-18275: Ruling Ideologies6: The Crisis of the Old Order 1827-18327: Contesting Mechanical Philosophy8: Politics in the Time of Melbourne and Peel 1833-18469: The Condition and Reconditioning of England10: Afterwards: There are no barbarians any longer.BibliographyIndex1: England 1783-1846: An Overview2: Politics in the Time of Pitt and Fox 1783-18073: Pitt and Plutocracy: The Social and Psychological Foundations4: Politics in the Time of Liverpool and Canning 1807-18275: Ruling Ideologies6: The Crisis of the Old Order 1827-18327: Contesting Mechanical Philosophy8: Politics in the Time of Melbourne and Peel 1833-18469: The Condition and Reconditioning of England10: Afterwards: There are no barbarians any longer.BibliographyIndex Review `A scrupulously complete analysis of political and social change...Charles Saumarez Smith, The Sunday Telegraph`History writing at its most compelling.Adam Phillips, The Observer`The range, richness and complexity of Boyd Hiltons text are impossible to convey in summary, and hard fully to appreciate in a single reading. A mastery of the voluminous literature is complimented by an acquaintance with the sources which produce a wealth of illuminating quotation to catch the tones and inflections of the age...The analysis it offers, and the proportions and emphases which it adopts, will galvanize debate for years to come, and make it acontribution to history such as a safer survey, less ambitious in design, enterprising in argument, and integrative in technique, could not be.Paul Smith, The Times Literary Supplement`Trenchant, vivid, massively researched and very well writtenLinda Colley, London Review of Books`The main narrative is interspersed with fascinating essays on science, religion, art, architecture and literature - a generous helping for the many people who will read this book for pleasure rather than profit.Ben Wilson, The Spectator`Boyd Hilton has produced a tour de force that will stimulate interest in and guide understanding of the period for years to come.Peter Borsay, BBC History Magazine`A lively and wide-ranging study...[a] comprehensive, intriguing and challenging volume that has proved well worth the wait.Tristram Hunt, New Statesman`This book, like its companion volumes, takes for its subject English society as a whole, and the Byronic nudge of the title, as well as promising entertainment, is meant to alert us to the idea that the years before the Victorian Reform Acts were ones of violence, apprehension and 18th century debauchery.David Horspool, The Guardian`A magnificent contributionHistory`A model of the historians art and a trailblazing marriage of intellectualand political historyAtlantic Monthly Promotional Boyd Hilton examines the changes in politics and society from 1783 to 1846 Long Description This was a transformative period in English history. In 1783 the country was at one of the lowest points in its fortunes, having just lost its American colonies in warfare. By 1846 it was once more a great imperial nation, as well as the worlds strongest power and dominant economy, having benefited from what has sometimes (if misleadingly) been called the first industrial revolution. In the meantime it survived a decade of invasion fears, and emerged victoriousfrom more than twenty years of war to the death against Napoleonic France. But if Britains external fortunes were in the ascendant, the situation at home remained fraught with peril. The countrys population was growing at a rate not experienced by any comparable former society, and itsmanufacturing towns especially were mushrooming into filthy, disease-ridden, gin-sodden hell-holes, in turn provoking the phantasmagoria of a mad, bad, and dangerous people. It is no wonder that these years should have experienced the most prolonged period of social unrest since the seventeenth century, or that the elite should have been in constant fear of a French-style revolution in England. The governing classes responded to these new challenges and by themid-nineteenth century the seeds of a settled two-party system and of a more socially interventionist state were both in evidence, though it would have been far too soon to say at that stage whether those seeds would take permanent root. Another consequence of these tensions was the intellectual engagement withsociety, as for example in the Romantic Movement, a literary phenomenon that brought English culture to the forefront of European attention for the first time. At the same time the country experienced the great religious revival, loosely described under the heading evangelicalism. Slowly but surely, the raffish and rakish style of eighteenth-century society, having reached a peak in the Regency, then succumbed to the new norms of respectability popularly known as Victorianism. Review Text `A scrupulously complete analysis of political and social change...Charles Saumarez Smith, The Sunday Telegraph`History writing at its most compelling.Adam Phillips, The Observer`The range, richness and complexity of Boyd Hiltons text are impossible to convey in summary, and hard fully to appreciate in a single reading. A mastery of the voluminous literature is complimented by an acquaintance with the sources which produce a wealth of illuminating quotation to catch the tones and inflections of the age...The analysis it offers, and the proportions and emphases which it adopts, will galvanize debate for years to come, and make it acontribution to history such as a safer survey, less ambitious in design, enterprising in argument, and integrative in technique, could not be.Paul Smith, The Times Literary Supplement`Trenchant, vivid, massively researched and very well writtenLinda Colley, London Review of Books`The main narrative is interspersed with fascinating essays on science, religion, art, architecture and literature - a generous helping for the many people who will read this book for pleasure rather than profit.Ben Wilson, The Spectator`Boyd Hilton has produced a tour de force that will stimulate interest in and guide understanding of the period for years to come.Peter Borsay, BBC History Magazine`A lively and wide-ranging study...[a] comprehensive, intriguing and challenging volume that has proved well worth the wait.Tristram Hunt, New Statesman`This book, like its companion volumes, takes for its subject English society as a whole, and the Byronic nudge of the title, as well as promising entertainment, is meant to alert us to the idea that the years before the Victorian Reform Acts were ones of violence, apprehension and 18th century debauchery.David Horspool, The Guardian`A magnificent contributionHistory`A model of the historians art and a trailblazing marriage of intellectual and political historyAtlantic Monthly Review Quote Trenchant, vivid, massively researched and very well written Feature Takes the reader from the world of Georgian England to the Victorian eraReinterpretation of a turbulent period in English historyCombines political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural history Details ISBN0199218919 Author Boyd Hilton Short Title MAD BAD & DANGEROUS PEOPLE Language English ISBN-10 0199218919 ISBN-13 9780199218912 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2008 Imprint Oxford University Press Subtitle England 1783-1846 Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Residence Cambridge, ENK Affiliation Professor of Modern British History, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Trinity College DOI 10.1604/9780199218912 UK Release Date 2008-06-19 AU Release Date 2008-06-19 NZ Release Date 2008-06-19 Pages 784 Publisher Oxford University Press Series New Oxford History of England Publication Date 2008-06-19 DEWEY 942.081 Illustrations 8pp plates Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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