TY  - BOOK
AU  - Simon, Schama
TI  -  A history of Britain: The fate of empire 1776-2000 
SN  -  9781847920140
U1  - 942.085 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London
PB  - Bodley Head
KW  - Great Britain History
KW  - Great Britain
N2  - BRITISH & IRISH HISTORY: C 1700 TO C 1900. Spanning two centuries, crossing the breadth of the empire and covering a vast expanse of topics - from the birth of feminism to the fate of freedom - he explores the forces that shaped British culture and character from 1776 to 2000. The story opens on the eve of a bloody revolution, but not a British one. The French Revolution never quite crossed the Channel, though its spirit of fiery defiance and Romantic idealism did, sparking off a round of radical revolts and reforms that gathered momentum over the coming century - from the Irish Rebellion to the Chartist Petition. The great question of the Victorian century was how the world's first industrial society could come through its growing pains without falling apart in social and political conflict
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