War and British society, 1688-1815

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Label

War and British society, 1688-1815

Statement of responsibility

prepared for the Economic History Society by H.V. Bowen

Title variation

War & British Society 1688–1815

Creator

• Bowen, H. V

Contributor

• Economic History Society

Issuing body

• Economic History Society

Subject

• Social change -- History -- Great Britain
• Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century
• Great Britain -- History, Military -- 18th century

Language

eng

Summary

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.--

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• New studies in economic and social history, 35

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Provided by publisher

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UkCbUP

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

• New studies in economic and social history
• Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Series volume

35