Paul Langford (1945–2015)
Autore di A Polite and Commercial People: England 1727-1783
Sull'Autore
Paul Langford is Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, and Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford Peter Borsay, University of Wales, Lampeter Martin Daunton, University of Cambridge Michael Duffy, University of Exeter David Hayton, Queen's University, Belfast David Hempton, Queen's mostra altro University, Belfast Joanna Innes, University of Oxford mostra meno
Opere di Paul Langford
The Oxford History of Britain: Volume 4: The Eighteenth Century and the Age of Industry (1992) 15 copie
The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke: Volume IV: Party, Parliament, and the Dividing of the Whigs, 1780-1794 (2015) 3 copie
THERE'S A WIDENESS IN GOD'S MERCY - Paul Langford Frederick Faber - Cello - Sheet Music (2014) 1 copia
Singin' the '70's! 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1945-11-20
- Data di morte
- 2015-07-20
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Istruzione
- Monmouth School
Oxford University (Hertford College) - Attività lavorative
- historian
Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford - Organizzazioni
- Lincoln College, Oxford (Rector)
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Greatest Books (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 14
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 525
- Popolarità
- #47,377
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 28
In it Langford offers a wide-ranging history of England from the accession of George II to the loss of the American colonies. He presents the era as a chaotic one, with the country still coping with the consequences of the Glorious Revolution, which let a deep impression upon politics and society. Though the aristocracy remained the dominant group in many respects, the author sees the middle class increasingly coming to play a vital role in English life as the century progressed. In an age of commercial prosperity, their”polite” values increasingly contested with those of the upper class, setting the stage for their gradual assertion as the dominant segment of society in the century that followed.
Langford’s book is an outstanding survey of Hanoverian England, one that draws upon an impressive range of scholarship. Though his main focus is on the politics and society of the period, very little escapes his coverage, as economics, art, and literature also are addressed within its pages. Though he presumes that his readers possess some prior knowledge of his subject (the mini biographies of people offered in footnotes in the old series are absent here), his analysis and arguments are clear and forcefully made. The understanding he provides of the era makes his book a critical resource on the subject, and a worthy successor volume to those from the venerable old series.… (altro)