The Peoples Of The British Isles From 1688 To 1870

"In three concise volumes ... presents the history of the people of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales from prehistoric times to the present. Through the frameworks of cultural, intellectual, and social history, the authors examine the conflicts, contrasts, and commonalities among four different peoples and their cultures ..."--Page 4 of cover.

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The new edition of The Peoples of the British Isles presents the history of the peoples of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales from prehistoric times to the present. Through the frameworks of cultural, intellectual, and social history, the authors examine the conflicts and commonalitiesamong the people of these four nations. The book focuses throughout on the lives of real people how they made a living, how they organized their society and institutions, how they related to each other, and how they understood themselves and their world.This new, combined volume covers the period following the Revolution of 1688 and the coronation of William of Orange through present day Britain. Heyck and Veldman deftly explore the British Isles' changing place in the world, and the implications of those changes for its people.MAJOR THEMES COVERED in this volume include: the formation of the British nation-state and the evolution of British national identity; the emergence, expansion, and decline of the British Empire in the context of a changing global economic order; Britain's rise as the world's foremost industrialpower and its subsequent economic decline and adaption; the interplay of international warfare and domestic political change; the implications of Britain's changing roles in the world for social identities and gender roles.

The three volumes of A History of the Peoples of the British Isles weave together the histories of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales and their peoples. The authors trace the course of social, economic, cultural and political history from prehistoric times to the present, analyzing the relationships, differences and similarities of the four areas. Volume II focuses on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and its main themes are:* the formation of the British nation-state* the spread of English cultural influence and political power throughout the Briti.

"In three concise volumes ... presents the history of the people of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales from prehistoric times to the present. Through the frameworks of cultural, intellectual, and social history, the authors examine the conflicts, contrasts, and commonalities among four different peoples and their cultures ..."--Page 4 of cover.