First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Ninetee

This highly original synthesis is a clear and stimulating assessment of nineteenth-century British women. It aims to provide students with an in-depth understan

To China and Latin America, often regarded as central components of a British 'informal empire'.

A sweeping history of nineteenth-century Britain by one of the world's most respected historians. "An evocative account . . .[Cannadine] tells his own story per

This book seeks to map the cultural history of nineteenth-century British society in light of the extraordinary transformations it went through. The transition