First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change and an even more remarkable political stability. Britain in 1789 was overwhelmingly rural, agrarian, multilingual, and almost h...(展开全部)

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change and an even more remarkable political stability. Britain in 1789 was overwhelmingly rural, agrarian, multilingual, and almost h...(展开全部)

First published as part of the best-selling "The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain", Paul Langford's "Very Short Introduction to Eighteenth-Century Britain" spans from the aftermath of the Revolution of 1688 to Pitt the Younger's defeat at attempted parliamentary reform.

First published as part of the best-selling "The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain", Paul Langford's "Very Short Introduction to Eighteenth-Century Britain" spans from the aftermath of the Revolution of 1688 to Pitt the Younger's defeat at attempted parliamentary reform.

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Morrill's Very Short Introduction to Stuart Britain sets the Revolution into its political, religious, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural contexts. It thus seeks to integrate what most other surveys pull apart. It gives a graphic account of the effects of a century-long period ...(展开全部)

随着工业化、民主化、城市化的突飞猛进，恪守传统自由主义的英国在19世纪遭遇了一系列前所未有的危机和挑战。为此英国进行了哪些社会变革和制度创新？它如何能在没有爆发革命的情况下就化解了危机，成功地实现了现代化转型？本书在详述19世纪英国历届政府更替和社会变迁的基础上，对上述问题作出了精彩的分析和解答，这对我们思考当今中国社会面临的现代化问题具有相当的借鉴意义。

随着工业化、民主化、城市化的突飞猛进，恪守传统自由主义的英国在19世纪遭遇了一系列前所未有的危机和挑战。为此英国进行了哪些社会变革和制度创新？它如何能在没有爆发革命的情况下就化解了危机，成功地实现了现代化转型？本书在详述19世纪英国历届政府更替和社会变迁的基础上，对上述问题作出了精彩的分析和解答，这对我们思考当今中国社会面临的现代化问题具有相当的借鉴意义。

- Introduces in a clear and concise way the most important basic findings and procedures of evolutionary biology - Looks at the evidence for evolution, eg the fossil record, the distribution of species, the similarities and differences between organisms - A section at the end looks at the seemingly difficult problems for the theory of evolution - Explains adaptation and natural...(展开全部)

Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over two millennia, Linda Woodhead provides a fresh, lively, and candid portrait of Christianity's past and present. Addressing topics including the competition for power between different forms of Christianity, the churches' use of power, and its struggles with modernity, this new editi...(展开全部)

- Introduces in a clear and concise way the most important basic findings and procedures of evolutionary biology - Looks at the evidence for evolution, eg the fossil record, the distribution of species, the similarities and differences between organisms - A section at the end looks at the seemingly difficult problems for the theory of evolution - Explains adaptation and natural...(展开全部)