books about: 1760-1860     books:       Our Own Snug Fireside: Images of the New England Home, 1760-18603 reviews Jane C. Nylander Yale University Press, 1994 A wonderful book portraying everyday life in New England. This wonderfully written book uses diaries, letters, and a wealth of material culture evidence to portray everyday life in nineteenth-century New England. Nylander manages to bring the past alive for both the lay reader and the material culture student. A must for scholars of New England's past.             The Rising Glory Of America, 1760-1820 Northeastern, 1990             The Condition of the Working Class in England6 reviews Friedrich Engels Stanford University Press, 1958 Awesome Fabuous book. Engels wrote this when he was only 24- and what a tour de force. The work is detailed, beautifully observed and elegantly written. Despite the depressing nature of the subject matter, the tone is always possible about a better world beyond the evils of capitalism. Unfortunately 150 years after this masterpiece was written things dont seen to have gotten better under capitalism. ...             German Philosophy 1760-1860: The Legacy of Idealism7 reviews Terry Pinkard Cambridge University Press, 2002 German Philosophy - Idealism and Romanticism. _German Philosophy 1760 - 1860: The Legacy of Idealism_ by Terry Pinkard is a unique book which examines the sorts of philosophical systems being proposed in Germany during that time period. Although at first Germany was not united, philosophy came to take on a unique German flavor, often meaning little more than the opaqueness of the language. For a generation of disenfranchised youth, Goethe ...             The Birth of Industrial Britain: Social Change, 1750-1850 (Seminar Studies in History Series) Kenneth Morgan Longman, 2004 The companion volume to The Birth of Industrial Britain: Economic Change, together they provide a comprehensive guide to Britain's development as the first industrial power. This volume focuses on the social impact of early industrializaton on the population and looks at living standards, work and leisure, crime and the law, religion, education, the Poor Law and popular protest. An excellent introduction providing a clear and readable account ...             The First Industrial Revolution1 review P. M. Deane Cambridge University Press, 1980 Good book; discusses the positive aspects of the revolution. This book is one of a number of books on the Industrial Revolution by Phyllis Deane. She focuses more on the positive aspects of the revolution, and has many good primary source quotes from famous people who lived during that time. If you don't want to pick it up here, definitely check it out at your local library. -Jason Fooks             Pacific Encounters: Art & Divinity in Polynesia 1760-1860 Steven Hooper University of Hawaii Press, 2006 The groundbreaking book celebrates the wonder and excitement of the people and objects encountered in the pioneering voyages of Cook, Wallis, Vancouver, and others in the Pacific during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. More than 270 stunning items of wood, ivory, feathers, and shell are presented together for the first time in the most comprehensive book ever published on Polynesian art.             The British Industrial Revolution: An Economic Perspective, Second Edition (American & European Economic ... Joel Mokyr Westview Press, 1998 The Industrial Revolution remains a defining moment in the economic history of the modern world. But what kind and how much of a revolution was it? And what kind of ?moment? could it have been? These are just some of the larger questions among the many that economic historians continue to debate. Addressing the various interpretations and assumptions that have been attached to the concept of the Industrial Revolution, Joel Mokyr and his four ...             The Industrial Revolution, 1760-1830 (OPUS)2 reviews T. S. Ashton Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 simply delightful to read as well as a thorough resource I can't believe I'm the first to write about this. I bought this a few years back while a graduate student in modern European history. My focus was primarily industrialization. This book is a joy. Ashton provides a thorough picture of the Revolution from several perspectives. He describes how events and developments built upon each other and how the innovators fed each others efforts. ...             Becoming Southern: The Evolution of a Way of Life, Warren County and Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1760-18601 review Christopher Morris Oxford University Press, USA, 1995 A brilliant study of antebellum Mississippi Morris examines the development of a Mississippi community from early frontier to its rise as a center of the cotton culture. The book is extremely well written. Unlike most historians who attempt to write community studies, Morris writes with the reader in mind. His prose is accessible yet informative, sophisticated yet always enagaging. A must read for anyone who wants to learn more about ...             Making Sense of the Industrial Revolution: English Economy and Society 1700-1850 (Manchester Studies in ... Steven King, Geoffrey Timmins Manchester University Press, 2001 This comprehensive and innovative book on the Industrial Revolution uses carefully chosen case studies, illustrated with extracts from contemporary documents, to offer new perspectives on the process and impact of industrialization. The authors look at the development of economic structures, the financing of the Industrial Revolution, technological advances, markets and demand, and agricultural progress. The book also deals with changes in ...             Ready-Made Democracy: A History of Men's Dress in the American Republic, 1760-18601 review Michael Zakim University Of Chicago Press, 2006 Interesting! As I finish this book, my head is fairly spinning. I'm left with the distinct impression that Zakim is a rather brilliant man; if the same can be said of his book, however, I am less certain. Ready Made Democracy attempts to trace the development of the modern American capitalist society through a close examination of the men's ready-made clothing industry. In this respect, the book's ...             Liberty in Expansion, 1760-1850 (Handlin, Oscar//Liberty in America, 1600 to the Present) Oscar Handlin, Lilian Handlin Harpercollins, 1989 Traces the development of the idea of liberty from seventeenth-century America, and discusses the change in its meaning to people from all social levels.             Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science: Flora's Daughters and Botany in England, 1760 to 1860 Ann B. Shteir The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999 "In Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science, Shteir weaves intriguing biographies of women botanists into her intricate account of Victorian culture, science, and society. This elegant book is essential reading for anyone interested in plants and science." -- Londa Schiebinger, Nature In Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science, Ann B. Shteir explores the contributions of women to the field of botany before and after the dawn of the Victorian Age. ...             British Economic Growth During the Industrial Revolution N. F. R. Crafts Oxford University Press, USA, 1986 In recent years, traditional views of a rapidly growing British economy between 1700 and 1850 have been overturned by convincing new research indicating that British economic growth was, in fact, relatively slow during much of the so-called industrial "revolution". This revisionist work, which is certain to profoundly affect any future scholarship on the subject, is the first to give a fully documented account of the new picture of British ...             Romantic art in Britain;: Paintings and drawings, 1760-1860 Frederick J Cummings Printing: Falcon Press, 1968             The Forging of the Modern State: Early Industrial Britain, 1783-1870 (3rd Edition) (Foundations of modern ... Eric Evans Longman, 2001 In this hugely ambitious history of Britain, Eric Evans surveys every aspect of the period in which the country was transformed into the world's first industrial power. This was an era of revolutionary change unparalleled in Britain, yet one in which transformation was achieved without political revolution. The unique combination of transition and revolution is a major theme in the book, which ranges across the embryonic empire, the Church, ...             In Armageddon's Shadow: The Civil War and Canada's Maritime Provinces3 reviews Greg Marquis Mcgill Queens Univ Pr, 1998 The drama of long ago events Armageddon's Shadow: The Civil War And Canada's Maritime Provinces is an outstanding contribution to the history of the American Civil War and shows how the American conflict affected Canadian maritime politics, economics, and communities. Greg Marquis surveys the effect of the beleaguered Confederacy had for Canadian neutrality and domestic race relations, and the impact of wartime refugees, as ...             Women in British Politics, 1760-1860: The Power of the Petticoat St. Martin's Press, 2001 Examines women's political involvement from a variety of angles. In addition to exploring literary sources and women's contribution to electoral processes, pressure group politics are examined in depth (including Jewish civil rights and the campaigns against the Corn Laws and Indian widow-burning). The attention to neglected aspects of women's political activity, such as religion, domesticity, European nationalism, empire and lifestyle enable ...              search for books 1700-1850, 1750-1850, 1760-1820, 1760-1830, 1760-1850, 1760-1860, 1783-1870, american, armageddon, condition, cultivating, daughters, democracy, encounters, european, evolution, expansion, foundations, industrial, manchester, mississippi, paintings, perspective, petticoat, philosophy, polynesia, provinces, ready-made, revolution, vicksburg books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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