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Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

List of Plates

List of Text Illustrations and Maps

Acknowledgements

Table: Dates and Periods

Introduction: Archaeology and Modern Times

Chapter 1 – Market Forces: Fields, Farming and the Rural Economy

Chapter 2 – ‘Polite Landscapes’: Prestige, Control and Authority in Rural Britain

Chapter 3 – The Rise of the Civil Engineer: Roads, Canals and Railways

Chapter 4 – Rapid Expansion: The Growth of Towns and Cities

Chapter 5 – Dynamic, but Diverse: The Development of Industrial Britain

Chapter 6 – Capitalism Triumphant: Markets, Trade and Consumers 186

Chapter 7 – The Big Society: Faith, Justice and Charity

Chapter 8 – The First Superpower: Defence and Security

Picture Section

Index

About the Author

By the same author

Copyright

About the Publisher