Set in a Silver SeaDoubleday, 1968 - 359 pages A social history of England from the days of the first Stuart king, James, when England was largely an agricultural and rural country, through the reign of Queen Victoria, when England had become the world's foremost industrial and Imperial giant. |
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Page 238
... social and moral backbone of the parish . In 1831 one countryman in three possessed some stake in the land . One in seven worked his own land without hiring labour . Such a man - often a yeoman who held his tenure for life - was still ...
... social and moral backbone of the parish . In 1831 one countryman in three possessed some stake in the land . One in seven worked his own land without hiring labour . Such a man - often a yeoman who held his tenure for life - was still ...
Page 261
... social chaos might have been proved right had it not been for one overriding factor . The social maladies that provoked revolt were not destroyed though they were henceforward slowly mitigated . On the other hand , while di- minishing ...
... social chaos might have been proved right had it not been for one overriding factor . The social maladies that provoked revolt were not destroyed though they were henceforward slowly mitigated . On the other hand , while di- minishing ...
Page 322
... social responsibility increasingly haunted the minds of the educated minority , a process characteristically English took place . The larger and better - established capitalists— and above all their sons - began to devote themselves to ...
... social responsibility increasingly haunted the minds of the educated minority , a process characteristically English took place . The larger and better - established capitalists— and above all their sons - began to devote themselves to ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 12 253 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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