The Age Of Improvement: 1783-1867
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, Britain stood on the cusp of a transformation so profound it would reshape the world — The Age of Improvement 1783–1867 chronicles this pivotal era with masterful authority, tracing the arc of British society from the turbulence of the post-American Revolution period through to the confident high-Victorian age. Asa Briggs presents the political upheavals, economic revolutions, social reforms, and cultural shifts of this extraordinary period, weaving together the lives of statesmen, workers, reformers, and thinkers to construct a rich and textured portrait of a nation in flux. Part of the celebrated A History of England in Eleven Volumes series, this work stands as one of the most authoritative and enduring accounts of nineteenth-century Britain ever written. Briggs argues with clarity and conviction that the age was defined not merely by industrial output, but by a restless national faith in progress itself — a belief that institutions, society, and the human condition could and should be improved. His prose is at once scholarly and accessible, commanding in its sweep yet attentive to the granular details of everyday life, leaving the reader to wonder whether the spirit of improvement was Britain's greatest achievement, or its most seductive illusion.
Author: Asa Briggs
Format: Hardback
Genre: British & Irish history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, Britain stood on the cusp of a transformation so profound it would reshape the world — The Age of Improvement 1783–1867 chronicles this pivotal era with masterful authority, tracing the arc of British society from the turbulence of the post-American Revolution period through to the confident high-Victorian age. Asa Briggs presents the political upheavals, economic revolutions, social reforms, and cultural shifts of this extraordinary period, weaving together the lives of statesmen, workers, reformers, and thinkers to construct a rich and textured portrait of a nation in flux. Part of the celebrated A History of England in Eleven Volumes series, this work stands as one of the most authoritative and enduring accounts of nineteenth-century Britain ever written. Briggs argues with clarity and conviction that the age was defined not merely by industrial output, but by a restless national faith in progress itself — a belief that institutions, society, and the human condition could and should be improved. His prose is at once scholarly and accessible, commanding in its sweep yet attentive to the granular details of everyday life, leaving the reader to wonder whether the spirit of improvement was Britain's greatest achievement, or its most seductive illusion.