Economy and society in the 1780s -- Politics and government on the eve of the French Revolution -- The impact of war -- The politics of transition -- Reform -- Social cleavage -- Britain and the world overseas -- The balance of interests -- Victorianism -- The leap in the dark
Notes
"Originally published in 1959, with a second impression, with corrections, in 1960 ... under the title The age of improvement 1783-1867."
