Aristocracy and People

Aristocracy and People
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : 0674044916
ISBN-13 : 9780674044913
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Book Synopsis Aristocracy and People by : Norman Gash

Download or read book Aristocracy and People written by Norman Gash and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the foremost scholars of nineteenthâe"century England, Gash has written a new interpretation of the years 1815 to 1865 that takes industrialization off center stage as the great dramatic event in national life. Gash integrates other equally significant changes the postwar slump in trade and manufacturing, the unprecedented expansion of population, and the increasing urbanization. He argues that the singular ability of the industrial revolution to produce wealth and skills enabled England to cope with impending social catastrophe. Gash also reintroduces the importance of politics in explaining events, and he challenges the recent historical interpretations giving primacy to class history and class consciousness.


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