1st Edition

The Routledge Companion to Britain in the Nineteenth Century, 1815-1914

By Chris Cook Copyright 2005
368 Pages
by Routledge

368 Pages
by Routledge

368 Pages
by Routledge

The Routledge Companion to Britain in the Nineteenth Century, 1815–1914 is an accessible and indispensable compendium of essential information on the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Using chronologies, maps, glossaries, an extensive bibliography, a wealth of statistical information and nearly two hundred biographies of key figures, this clear and concise book provides a comprehensive guide to... Read more

Part 1: Political History  Part 2: Social and Religious History  Part 3: Economic History  Part 4: Foreign Affairs, Defence and the Empire  Part 5: Biographies  Part 6: Glossary of Terms  Part 7: Topic Bibliography  

Biography

Chris Cook was Head of the Modern Archives Unit at the London School of Economics and is co-author (with John Stevenson) of The Routledge Companion to European History since 1763 and The Routledge Companion to World History since 1914.  A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society he is also author of European Political Facts of the Twentieth Century and the best-selling Pears Cyclopedia.  He is currently compiling British Political Archives since the Second World War.