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| Part I The Age of the Landed Oligarchy, 1688-1763 |
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The Lands and Peoples of the British Isles at the End of the Seventeenth Century |
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3 | (22) |
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5 | (7) |
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12 | (2) |
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14 | (4) |
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18 | (4) |
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22 | (3) |
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The Revolution of 1688 and the Revolution Settlement |
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25 | (22) |
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The Reign of Charles II, 1660-1685 |
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25 | (3) |
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Whigs and Tories Rebel, 1685-1688 |
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28 | (4) |
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William III and the Revolution in England |
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32 | (4) |
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The Revolution in Ireland, 1688-1691 |
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36 | (3) |
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The Revolution in Scotland, 1688-1692 |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (3) |
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The Hanoverian Succession, 1714 |
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44 | (1) |
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44 | (3) |
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Society and Economy in England 1715-1763 |
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47 | (18) |
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The Social Structure: An Open Hierarchy |
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47 | (4) |
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Social Relations: Property, Patronage, and Deference |
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51 | (2) |
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Land, Marriage, and the Family |
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53 | (4) |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (3) |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (2) |
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Political Structure and Politics in England 1715-1760 |
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65 | (18) |
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Achieving Political Stability, 1700-1720 |
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65 | (3) |
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68 | (3) |
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The Structure of National Politics, 1715-1760 |
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71 | (2) |
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Walpole and the Robinocracy |
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73 | (3) |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (2) |
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The Growth of the British State |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (2) |
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High Culture and Popular Culture in Eighteenth-Century England |
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83 | (22) |
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The Enlightenment in England |
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84 | (1) |
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84 | (3) |
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Natural Religion and Deism |
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87 | (2) |
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89 | (2) |
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91 | (3) |
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Architecture and Painting |
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94 | (4) |
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Popular Culture: Facts of Life |
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98 | (2) |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (3) |
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Scotland in the Eighteenth Century |
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105 | (16) |
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105 | (2) |
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The Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 |
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107 | (2) |
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109 | (3) |
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The Destruction of the Clans |
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112 | (3) |
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The Scottish Enlightenment |
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115 | (4) |
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119 | (2) |
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The Expansion of British Power 1715-1763 |
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121 | (18) |
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The European State System |
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121 | (2) |
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British Interests and Power |
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123 | (3) |
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126 | (5) |
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The War of Jenkins' Ear-King George's War (1739-1748) |
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131 | (1) |
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The Seven Years' War (1756-1763) |
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132 | (3) |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (3) |
| Part II The Age of Revolutions, 1763-1815 |
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The Crisis of Empire, 1763-1783 |
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141 | (18) |
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George III and the Politicians |
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141 | (3) |
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John Wilkes and Popular Politics |
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144 | (2) |
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146 | (3) |
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149 | (3) |
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The War for Colonial Independence |
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152 | (3) |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (3) |
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The Rise of the Protestant Nation in Ireland |
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159 | (14) |
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The Protestant Landlords and Their Culture |
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159 | (3) |
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Economy, Land, and Potatoes |
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162 | (4) |
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Rise of the Protestant Nation |
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166 | (3) |
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169 | (3) |
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172 | (1) |
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The Triple Revolution, 1760-1815 |
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173 | (24) |
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The Agricultural Revolution |
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174 | (1) |
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175 | (2) |
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177 | (3) |
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The Industrial Revolution |
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180 | (1) |
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Key Industries: Iron, Coal, and Cotton |
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181 | (5) |
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Geographical Specialization |
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186 | (1) |
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Causes of Industrialization |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (1) |
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Social Consequences of the Triple Revolution |
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190 | (6) |
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196 | (1) |
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The War Against the French Revolution 1789-1815 |
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197 | (18) |
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William Pitt the Younger and National Revival |
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197 | (3) |
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Origins of the War with France |
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200 | (2) |
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War with France, 1793-1798 |
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202 | (2) |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (3) |
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208 | (3) |
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The Prizes and Costs of War, 1793-1815 |
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211 | (2) |
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213 | (2) |
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Intellectual and Spiritual Revolutions, 1780-1815 |
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215 | (20) |
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215 | (2) |
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217 | (1) |
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John Wesley and the Theology of Revival |
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218 | (3) |
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221 | (2) |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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The English Romantic Poets |
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226 | (2) |
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Romanticism in Wales and Scotland |
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228 | (3) |
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British Romantic Architecture and Painting |
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231 | (1) |
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232 | (3) |
| Part III The Rise of Victorian Society, 1815-1870 |
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235 | (102) |
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237 | (22) |
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British and Irish Populations, 1815-1850 |
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238 | (2) |
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The British Economy, 1815-1850 |
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240 | (3) |
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The Landed Class: Aristocracy and Gentry |
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243 | (4) |
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247 | (5) |
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252 | (5) |
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257 | (2) |
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Politics and the State, 1815-1850 |
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259 | (22) |
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The Structure of Politics and the Scope of the State in 1815 |
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259 | (2) |
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Two Decades of Reform, 1815-1835 |
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261 | (5) |
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The Structure of Politics, 1832-1850 |
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266 | (4) |
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The Condition of England, 1832-1850 |
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270 | (3) |
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Class Politics: Anti-Corn Law League and Chartism |
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273 | (5) |
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278 | (3) |
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Ireland from the Union to the Famine |
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281 | (16) |
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281 | (4) |
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Daniel O'Connell and Catholic Emancipation |
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285 | (2) |
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287 | (2) |
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The Great Famine, 1845-1850 |
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289 | (4) |
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293 | (2) |
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295 | (2) |
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Mid-Victorian Society and Culture, 1850-1870 |
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297 | (22) |
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297 | (2) |
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Muting of Social Conflict |
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299 | (2) |
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301 | (2) |
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High Culture of the Victorian Period |
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303 | (1) |
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Exemplars: Carlyle, Dickens, Tennyson, and Mill |
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304 | (4) |
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Women Writers in the Victorian Period |
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308 | (1) |
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Victorian Painting and Architecture |
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309 | (2) |
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311 | (2) |
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Natural Science and the Decline of Religion |
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313 | (3) |
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316 | (3) |
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The Overflow of Power---British Empire and Foreign Policy, 1815-1870 |
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319 | (18) |
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British Power and Interests |
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319 | (1) |
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320 | (6) |
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326 | (3) |
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Foreign Policy, 1815-1850 |
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329 | (3) |
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332 | (2) |
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334 | (1) |
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335 | (2) |
| Appendixes |
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337 | (6) |
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A Kings and Queens of Great Britain, 1685-1901 |
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337 | (2) |
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B Chief Cabinet Ministers, 1721-1874 |
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339 | (4) |
| Index |
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