Table of Contents

Democracy
Britain in the 1830s
An Age of Reform: 1832-48
Mid-Victorian Britain: 1848-66
Progress and Anxiety
Stepping Stones to Democracy: 1867-86
The Conservative Ascendancy: 1886-1905
An Urban Society: Britain 1870-1918
Empire and Nation: The British and their Identities
The Birth of the Modern State: 1905-14
Britain at War: 1914-18
Britain in 1918

About the Author

Hugh Cunningham is Professor of Social History, University of Kent. He is the author of several books, including the highly-regardedChildren and Childhood in Western Society since 1500 (Longman, 1995).