Jamie L. Bronstein is Professor of History at New Mexico State University. She is the author of three books: Land Reform and Working-Class Experience in Britain and the United States, 1800-1862 (1999), Caught in the Machinery: Workplace Accidents and Injured Workers in Nineteenth-Century Britain (2008), and Transatlantic Radical: John Francis Bray (2009).Andrew T. Harris is Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at Bridgewater State University. He is the author of Policing the City: Crime and Legal Authority in London, 1780-1840 (2004).

Early Modern England 1485-1714: A Narrative History Second EditionRobert Bucholz & Newton KeySources and Debates in English History: 1485-1714 Second EditionEdited by Newton Key & Robert BucholzImperial Island: A History of Britain and Its Empire, 1660-1837Paul Kléber MonodA History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the presentEllis WassonSources and Debates in Modern British History: 1714 to the presentEdited by Ellis Wasson“Nevertheless, for those looking for a concise, coherent, and accessible introduction to 19th- and 20th -century British history at the undergraduate level, this book is definitely worthy of serious consideration. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All undergraduate collections.” (Choice, 1 September 2012)

• List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ixIntroduction 11 Britain to 1830 42 Universal Suffrage and No Surrender: Politics at Home and Abroad, 1830–1867 303 Dark Satanic Mills? Economic and Social Change, 1830–1867 524 Utilitarians, Evangelicals, and Empire: Intellectual and Cultural Developments, 1830–1867 705 Democracy and Empire: Politics, 1867–1910 916 The Decline of the Aristocracy: Economic and Social Change, 1867–1910 1107 Faith and Doubt? Cultural Change, 1867–1910 1258 In Flanders Fields: Britain and the Great War, 1910–1918 1479 Nationalism and Depression: Politics, Economics, and Social Change, 1919–1939 16810 Culture and Ideas between the Wars, 1919–1939 19111 London Burning: Britain in the Second WorldWar 20612 Winds of Change: Politics, 1945–1979 22213 Building a Welfare State: Society and the Economy, 1945–1979 24214 Meet the Beatles: Cultural and Intellectual Developments, 1945–1979 25915 From Rule Britannia to Cool Britannia: Politics, 1979–2007 27716 Whither Britain? Society and Culture since 1979 296Appendix: Reigns and Ministries since 1830 312Bibliography 315Index 330

Jamie L. Bronstein is Professor of History at New Mexico State University. She is the author of three books: Land Reform and Working-Class Experience in Britain and the United States, 1800-1862 (1999), Caught in the Machinery: Workplace Accidents and Injured Workers in Nineteenth-Century Britain (2008), and Transatlantic Radical: John Francis Bray (2009).Andrew T. Harris is Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at Bridgewater State University. He is the author of Policing the City: Crime and Legal Authority in London, 1780-1840 (2004).

Early Modern England 1485-1714: A Narrative History Second EditionRobert Bucholz & Newton KeySources and Debates in English History: 1485-1714 Second EditionEdited by Newton Key & Robert BucholzImperial Island: A History of Britain and Its Empire, 1660-1837Paul Kléber MonodA History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the presentEllis WassonSources and Debates in Modern British History: 1714 to the presentEdited by Ellis Wasson“Nevertheless, for those looking for a concise, coherent, and accessible introduction to 19th- and 20th -century British history at the undergraduate level, this book is definitely worthy of serious consideration. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All undergraduate collections.” (Choice, 1 September 2012)

• List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ixIntroduction 11 Britain to 1830 42 Universal Suffrage and No Surrender: Politics at Home and Abroad, 1830–1867 303 Dark Satanic Mills? Economic and Social Change, 1830–1867 524 Utilitarians, Evangelicals, and Empire: Intellectual and Cultural Developments, 1830–1867 705 Democracy and Empire: Politics, 1867–1910 916 The Decline of the Aristocracy: Economic and Social Change, 1867–1910 1107 Faith and Doubt? Cultural Change, 1867–1910 1258 In Flanders Fields: Britain and the Great War, 1910–1918 1479 Nationalism and Depression: Politics, Economics, and Social Change, 1919–1939 16810 Culture and Ideas between the Wars, 1919–1939 19111 London Burning: Britain in the Second WorldWar 20612 Winds of Change: Politics, 1945–1979 22213 Building a Welfare State: Society and the Economy, 1945–1979 24214 Meet the Beatles: Cultural and Intellectual Developments, 1945–1979 25915 From Rule Britannia to Cool Britannia: Politics, 1979–2007 27716 Whither Britain? Society and Culture since 1979 296Appendix: Reigns and Ministries since 1830 312Bibliography 315Index 330

Jamie L. Bronstein is Professor of History at New Mexico State University. She is the author of three books: Land Reform and Working-Class Experience in Britain and the United States, 1800-1862 (1999), Caught in the Machinery: Workplace Accidents and Injured Workers in Nineteenth-Century Britain (2008), and Transatlantic Radical: John Francis Bray (2009).Andrew T. Harris is Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at Bridgewater State University. He is the author of Policing the City: Crime and Legal Authority in London, 1780-1840 (2004).

Early Modern England 1485-1714: A Narrative History Second EditionRobert Bucholz & Newton KeySources and Debates in English History: 1485-1714 Second EditionEdited by Newton Key & Robert BucholzImperial Island: A History of Britain and Its Empire, 1660-1837Paul Kléber MonodA History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the presentEllis WassonSources and Debates in Modern British History: 1714 to the presentEdited by Ellis Wasson“Nevertheless, for those looking for a concise, coherent, and accessible introduction to 19th- and 20th -century British history at the undergraduate level, this book is definitely worthy of serious consideration. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All undergraduate collections.” (Choice, 1 September 2012)

• List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ixIntroduction 11 Britain to 1830 42 Universal Suffrage and No Surrender: Politics at Home and Abroad, 1830–1867 303 Dark Satanic Mills? Economic and Social Change, 1830–1867 524 Utilitarians, Evangelicals, and Empire: Intellectual and Cultural Developments, 1830–1867 705 Democracy and Empire: Politics, 1867–1910 916 The Decline of the Aristocracy: Economic and Social Change, 1867–1910 1107 Faith and Doubt? Cultural Change, 1867–1910 1258 In Flanders Fields: Britain and the Great War, 1910–1918 1479 Nationalism and Depression: Politics, Economics, and Social Change, 1919–1939 16810 Culture and Ideas between the Wars, 1919–1939 19111 London Burning: Britain in the Second WorldWar 20612 Winds of Change: Politics, 1945–1979 22213 Building a Welfare State: Society and the Economy, 1945–1979 24214 Meet the Beatles: Cultural and Intellectual Developments, 1945–1979 25915 From Rule Britannia to Cool Britannia: Politics, 1979–2007 27716 Whither Britain? Society and Culture since 1979 296Appendix: Reigns and Ministries since 1830 312Bibliography 315Index 330