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England in the Eighteenth Century

by J. H. Plumb. 224 pgs.

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Contributors:

   J. H. Plumb

Publisher:

   Penguin Books

Place of Publication:

  Harmondsworth, England  

Publication Year:

  1950
Subjects:   Great Britain--History--18th Century
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books on: (Great Britain History 18th Century)  - 12274 results

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1.
Great Britain: the Lion at Home: A Documentary History of Domestic Policy, 1689-1973 - Vol. 3
Book by Joel H. Wiener; Chelsea House Publishers, 1974
Subjects: Great Britain--History--18th Century--Sources, Great Britain--History--19th Century--Sources, Great Britain--History--20th Century--Sources
...Wiener, Joel H comp. Great Britain: the lion at home. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Sources. 2. Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. 3. Great Britain -- History...
2.
America Perceived: A View from Abroad in the 18th Century
Book by James Axtel; Pendulum Press, 1974
Subjects: Public Opinion--Europe--History--18th Century, United States--Civilization--To 1783, United States--Foreign Public Opinion
...terminus of most 18th-century tours of America...slaves in the 18th century? Were there...member of the Great Council of Berne...Early American History and Culture...justifies this great principle, that...the sixteenth century, and the settlement...
3.
Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the 18th Century
Book by Jonathan Shectman; Greenwood Press, 2003
Subjects: Science--History--18th Century, Technology--History--18th Century
...eighteenth century, James Watt...existence of Britain as a nation seems to me, in great measure, to...eighteenth century's end, is Watt's statement of Britain's debt to...greatness-Watt hangs Britain's very survival...eighteenth century, this contested...R. A Short History of Chemistry...
4.
The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain - Vol. 2
Book by A. T. Mahan; Little, Brown, 1897
Subjects: Admirals--Great Britain--Biography, Great Britain--History, Naval--18th Century, Great Britain--History, Naval--19th Century, Nelson, Horatio Nelson--Viscount--1758-1805
...Austria and Great Britain. On the 9th...general, with the great armada that...resistance until the 18th of March, when...and Great Britain, at the moment...and give a great lesson to the...order of March 18th, 1799." The...shall have them. 18th in the evening...mind in the great admiral in perfect...
5.
The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain - Vol. 1
Book by A. T. Mahan; Little Brown and Company, 1897
Subjects: Admirals--Great Britain--Biography, Great Britain--History, Naval--18th Century, Great Britain--History, Naval--19th Century, Nelson, Horatio Nelson--Viscount--1758-1805
...that time First Lord, asking him for a ship; and he renewed his cordial relations with Hood, then living in London. On the 18th of March Howe appointed him to the command of the frigate "Boreas." Occupation in peace, with a reduced establishment, was...
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The Abbe De Saint-Pierre and the English 'Irenists' of the 18th Century (Penn, Bellers, and Bentham)
Journal article by Peter Van Den Dungen; International Journal on World Peace, Vol. 17, 2000
Subjects: Abbe de Saint-Pierre--Influence, Bellers, John--Influence, Bentham, Jeremy--Influence, Peace treaties--18th century, Peaceful change (International relations)--Philosophy, Penn, William--Influence
...figures in the history of the idea...projects of the 18th century are those...out...is a great Mistake...in Great Britain and of Protestants...one of the great 18th century peace projects...decade of the 18th century." 40 Some...publishing history of Benthams...
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A Question of Style Blacks in and Around New York City in the Late 18th Century
Journal article by Shane White; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 102, 1989
Subjects: Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs
...new names with great case. Perhaps...of Clothes". History Workshop 20...in Post- War Britain , eds. Stuart...City. New York History 68:45-65...in Post War Britain . London: Hutchinson...in Eighteenth-Century Charleston...Perspectives in American History , New Series...
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Globalization, Creolization, and the Not-So-Peculiar Institution
Journal article by James Sidbury; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 73, 2007
Subjects: Slave trade--History, United States history--18th century AD
...that of Great Britain and that...approaches to the history of slavery...Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake...transnational history of eighteenth-century slavery...economies of Britains mainland...diaspora and Great Britains...Southern History, 72 (May...Eighteenth-Century Atlantic...Crossings: Britain, the Slaves...historiography of Great Britain...
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Governor James Monroe and Southampton Slave Resistance of 1799
Journal article by Arthur Scherr; The Historian, Vol. 61, 1999
Subjects: Monroe, James--Political activity, Slavery--Insurrections, etc., United States history--18th century, United States--History
...which, to so great a height, had...Virginia Magazine of History and Biography...in Eighteenth-Century Virginia (New...Late Eighteenth-Century Virginia" Virginia Magazine of History and Biography...Virginia Magazine of History and Biography...during Half a Century (Boston, 1883...
5.
Rethinking Eighteenth-Century Rome
Journal article by Wendy Wassying Roworth; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, 2001
Subjects: Art, Roman--Exhibitions, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania--Exhibitions, Rome, Italy--18th century
...the study of 18th-century Rome, a subject...introduction to the history, art, and...academies, the great importance...place in the history of 18th-century art will be...during the 18th century, when so many...Stokstad, Art History, rev. ed...
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1.
Rule Britannia? History Painting in 18th-Century Britain
Magazine article by Brian Allen; History Today, Vol. 45, June 1995
Subjects: History in art--18th century, Painting, British--18th century
...painting in 18th-century Britain by...dearth of history painting...the many great houses built...1701-13) Britain won control...production of the great history paintings...eighteenth-century audience...Chronicle of May 18th-20th 1762...
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Hogarth's London: Satire and the Street: As Tate Britain This Month Opens a Major Exhibition Devoted to the Artist, Christine Riding Looks at William Hogarth's Particular View of the Street Life of 18th-Century London, and at What His Interpretation Presents in Comparison with the Artistic Offerings of His Continental Competitors
Magazine article by Christine Riding; History Today, Vol. 57, February 2007
Subjects: British history--Analysis, British painting--Criticism and interpretation, British painting--History, English painters--Criticism and interpretation, English painters--Works, Hogarth, William (English painter)--Criticism and interpretation, Hogarth, William (English painter)--Works, Painters, English--Criticism and interpretation, Painters, English--Works, Painting, British--Criticism and interpretation, Painting, British--History
...Street Life of 18th-Century London, and...of British history as powerfully...working in Britain. He was also...and as the great interpreter...repealed. With great irony, therefore...Hogarth at Tate Britain Ticket Prize...Prize Draw, History Today, 20...Nineteenth-Century British Art...
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Celebrity in 18th-Century London: To Coincide with a Major New Exhibition at Tate Britain on the Painter Sir Joshua Reynolds, Stella Tillyard Asks What Fame Meant to Individuals and the Wider Public of Georgian England, and Considers How Much This Has in Common with Today's Celebrity Culture
Magazine article by Stella Tillyard; History Today, Vol. 55, June 2005
Subjects: Celebrities--Etymology, Celebrities--Portrayals, Portrait painting--Exhibitions, Reynolds, Joshua--Exhibitions, United Kingdom--Exhibitions
...Celebrity in 18th-Century London: To...Exhibition at Tate Britain on the Painter...place in history. In the...produced in great numbers...nineteenth century, when new...highlights of Tate Britains exhibition...September 18th is the loan...Fame and its History, (Oxford...Enlightenment." Britain and the Creation...Eighteenth-Century London. Stella...
4.
Gibraltar: Apple of Discord: As Gibraltar Conducts a Referendum on Its Future, Martin Murphy Shows the Degree to Which Its Status Was Determined by Rivalries between the 18th-Century Great Powers
Magazine article by Martin Murphy; History Today, Vol. 52, November 2002
Subjects: Gibraltar--History, United Kingdom--Foreign relations, United Kingdom--History
...in 1851, to that splendid symbol of Britains economic prowess, the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace...Christopher Hibbert, Wellington: A Personal History (HarperCollins, 1997); Michael Brock, The Great Reform Act (Hutchinson, 1973); Peter...
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William Blackstone and the Historians: Wilfrid Prest Unravels Myths Perpetrated by Historians about the Great 18th-Century Lawyer
Magazine article by Wilfrid Prest; History Today, Vol. 56, July 2006
Subjects: Attorneys--Myths and legends, Blackstone, William, Sir--Myths and legends, Historians--Services, Lawyers--Myths and legends
...the Great 18th-Century Lawyer...as law and history are concerned...sources. The great legal historian...point when Britains imperial...benefit. So great a favourite...mid-eighteenth century, however...Australian Legal History emphasized...reference to Britains North American...ruled that Britains acquisition...eighteenth century did not in...constituted a great psychological...Aboriginal History (Allen and...
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The Dreamy Stuff of Nightmares Effect in an Exhibition at Tate Britain of Pornography's Final Fling as Art; Bondage, Eroticism, the Supernatural - Late 18th-Century Gothic Fantasies Are Shown to Titillating
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), February 17, 2006
Subjects: Art exhibitions, Art--Exhibitions, Sex oriented businesses
...Exhibition at Tate Britain of Pornographys...Supernatural - Late 18th-Century Gothic Fantasies...face us, his great thighs parted...mythology and history, their forms...believed, then great works of...the 15th century in Florence...gothic of the 18th century...Runciman from Britain, Abildgaard...
2.
Centre Breathes Life into History; University Links Up with Partners for Study of 18th Century
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), April 25, 2007
Subjects: Universities and colleges, University of Liverpool
...These buildings give us a great insight into the lives...cultural life of the 18th century, but there will be some...research in the fields of history, English, modern languages...Spectacle in Late Georgian Britain. To register, please...
3.
LOCAL HISTORY: Art Meets Craft to Show the Versatility of One Man's Skill; A Talented 18th Century Engraver Turned His Hand to Fine Art Portraits and Other Works of Art
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 7, 2007
...up most of the 18th century and a fair chunk...crucial years in the history of the porcelain...East itself. But Great Britain was industrialising...middle years of the 18th century. We can also show...painted by the great Joseph Wright...
4.
Birmingham Post Weekend: Travel: Building on the Past in Bath; Bath Is Celebrating Its Heritage and Ross Reyburn Discovers Why the 21st Century City Owes a Huge Debt to an 18th Century Visionary
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 20, 2004
Subjects: Wood, John (British judge)
...architectural history. In 1705...fashionable 18th century spa resort...1767-74), Britains first crescent...town planners great vision was...majestic street in Britain. No signs...restored in 18th century style in 1998...
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How City's Women Opposed Slave Trade; the Abolition of the Slave Trade Was One of the Great Social Triumphs of the 19th Century. Birmingham, like All the Great Cities of the British Empire, Benefited from the Trade in Human Beings. as the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade in Britain Approaches This Sunday, Tom Scotney Looks at Archives Recording the Anti-Slavery Movement
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 20, 2007
Subjects: Cities and towns
...Triumphs of the 19th Century. Birmingham, like All the Great Cities of the...Slave Trade in Britain Approaches This...researching the history of the anti-slavery...Birmingham in the late 18th and early 19th...work. Birminghams history of anti-slavery...
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Great Britain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
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American Revolution
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...representation was tyranny. The teachings of 18th-century French philosophers and continental...declaring the colonies independent of Great Britain, but even many stalwart upholders...celebrated commanders in all U.S. naval history, but their exploits were isolated...
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Roman Catholic Church
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...characteristic of the history of the Roman...was a time of great intellectual...the new 13th-century universities...Europe, in Great Britain, and in parts...countries, and in the 18th cent. the Bourbons...an idealized 18th-century golden age before...
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Italy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...prosperity facilitated the great cultural flowering of...political condition of 18th-century Italy represented national...political institutions of 18th-century Italy. Napoleonic Triumph...collapsing France and on Great Britain. In 1940, Italian forces...
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Scotland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...Scottish history. Edward won...the next century (see James...became the great question...of Great Britain. Equality...In the 18th cent. Scotsmen...See also Great Britain . Bibliography...detailed history of Scotland...
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