Empire, State, And Society - Britain Since 1830

Empire, State, and Society assesses the external and internal forces behind Britain's transformation from global superpower to its current position in the twenty-first century. The authors provide an accessible and balanced introduction, which is thoughtfully organized for ease of use for both students and teachers.


* Offers a crucial comparative dimension which sets the experience of Britain alongside that of twenty-first-century superpower, the United States of America

* Draws on recent scholarship to provide a highly current perspective

* Organised to allow professors to assign readings with more or less depth as student abilities and course lengths allow

* Written in a style that is wholly accessible and exciting for undergraduates in both the US and the UK

* Assesses the internal and external forces behind the transformation of Britain as superpower to its position in the twenty-first century

* Offers a crucial comparative dimension which sets the experience of Britain alongside that of twenty-first-century superpower, the United States of America

* Draws on recent scholarship to provide a highly current perspective

* Organised to allow professors to assign readings with more or less depth as student abilities and course lengths allow

* Written in a style that is wholly accessible and exciting for undergraduates in both the US and the UK

Jamie L. Bronstein is Professor of History at New Mexico State University. She is the author of three books: Land Reform and Working-Class Experience in Britain and the United States, 1800-1862 (1999), Caught in the Machinery: Workplace Accidents and Injured Workers in Nineteenth-Century Britain (2008), and Transatlantic Radical: John Francis Bray (2009).

Andrew T. Harris is Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at Bridgewater State University. He is the author of Policing the City: Crime and Legal Authority in London, 1780-1840 (2004).