1st Edition
Modern English Society History and Structure 1850-1970
355 Pages
by
Routledge
355 Pages
by
Routledge
355 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1970, Modern English Society is primarily concerned with the period since the Great Exhibition of 1851. Judith Ryder and Harold Silver begin by surveying the consequences, good and ill, of industrialization, and go on to explore the changing pattern of social relationships to which it gave rise. They discuss such topics as the growth of towns and of large-scale... Read more
List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgement Introduction Note on contents and layout 1. The making of nineteenth-century society 2. Towns, people and problems 3. Democracy and social movements 4. New dimensions, new attitudes 5. Twentieth-century emergencies 6. Open and industrial changes 7. Social class, social conflict and social change 8. Education and social mobility 9. The family and the social system 10. Politics and communications Conclusion Guide to further reading Appendix Index
Biography
Judith Ryder and Harold Silver
