लेखक: Lawrence Goldman

In the last twenty years one of the classical arenas for British historical writing – the politics of Victorian Britain – has ceased to be an obvious or self-evidently important subject. Facing up to …

‘A nation without a national government is an awful spectacle.’In the winter of 1787-8 a series of eighty-five essays appeared in the New York press; the purpose of the essays was to persuade the cit …

This collection of twelve essays reviews the history of welfare in Britain over the past 150 years. It focuses on the ideas that have shaped the development of British social policy, and on the think …

This collection of twelve essays reviews the history of welfare in Britain over the past 150 years. It focuses on the ideas that have shaped the development of British social policy, and on the think …

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A defining feature of nineteenth-century Britain was its fascination with statistics. The processes that made Victorian society, including the growth of population, the development of industry and co …

A defining feature of nineteenth-century Britain was its fascination with statistics. The processes that made Victorian society, including the growth of population, the development of industry and co …

‘A nation without a national government is an awful spectacle.’In the winter of 1787-8 a series of eighty-five essays appeared in the New York press; the purpose of the essays was to persuade the cit …

R. H. Tawney was the most influential theorist and exponent of socialism in Britain in the 20th century and also a leading historian. Based on papers deposited at the London School of Economics inclu …

R. H. Tawney was the most influential theorist and exponent of socialism in Britain in the 20th century and also a leading historian. Based on papers deposited at the London School of Economics inclu …