This volume of archival source material chronicles British environmental politics between 1789 and 1914. This text examines scientific discoveries during this p

Prize-winning historian Robert Gildea dissects the legacy of empire for the former colonial powers and their subjects.

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Ninetee

A sweeping history of nineteenth-century Britain by one of the world's most respected historians. "An evocative account . . .[Cannadine] tells his own story per

This volume examines the cultural importance of the coastline in Britain during a time of vast change.