The first phase: 1815-1850 -- 1. Britain in 1815 -- 2. The forces of change -- 3. Constitutional and political reforms -- 4. Economic and social reforms -- The second phase: 1851-1874 -- 5. Mid-Victorianism -- 6. The age of Palmerston -- 7. The age of machinery -- 8. The age of prestige and expansion -- The third phase: 1875-1914 -- 9. THe growth of the modern state -- 10. The demand for social security -- 11. The new imperialism -- 12. Victorian England in retrospect -- Ministries, 1815-1914