| Edition |
[1st American ed.] |
| Description |
272 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Eighteenth century: Reason and unreason in the eighteenth century: the English experience -- Bedlam -- Henry Fielding and the rise of the novel -- Spectator -- Royal porcelain craze -- British attitudes to the American Revolution -- Great Revolution -- Edmund Burke and his cult -- Slavery, race and the poor -- Plantation power -- pt. 2. In the light of history: Secular heretics -- Were they right? -- Woman's burden -- Dying family -- Children, the victims of time -- De Mortuis -- Games with a serious purpose -- Riot -- Their excellencies -- Clothes -- Angst -- Stars in their day -- Genealogy -- Anarchy of art -- A walk in Detroit -- pt. 3. Other times, other places: World of Samuel Pepys -- Victorians unbuttoned -- Edwardians. |
| Subject |
England -- Civilization -- 18th century.
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England. |
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Civilization. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Civilization, Modern.
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Civilization, Modern. |
| ISBN |
0395154766 |
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9780395154762 |
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