In this volume, the author has written a book whose value as pure history is no less than its interest as a study of four essentially ordinary people under extraordinary circumstances. He was the first to appreciate the complexity of George I, and he surveys the following three Georges with a similarly unjaundiced eye. His analysis of the four kings shows just what effect their reigns had on the history of their time. Whether or not the loss of the American colonies is generally regarded as inevitable or the fault of the crown, Professor Plumb shows that the influence of the monarchy was paramount in many other respects during the 116 years of their reigns.

First Four Georges (British Monarchy Series)

History

PLUMB, J.H.

Europe

Fontana Press

The Italian Renaissance, A Concise Survey of Its History and Culture

Harpercollins College Div

This enormously influential book by three leading historians was a revolution in the understanding of commercialisation and the economy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and the consumer revolution.Neil McKendrick studies the fashion and the pottery industries, and created a new framework for enquiring into fundamental issues. John Brewer examines the commercialisation and politics. J.H. Plumb considers the social; changes brought about by commercialization, looking in particular at leisure, the `new world' of children, and the acceptance of modernity.

The Birth of a Consumer Society: The Commercialization of Eighteenth-century England

Politics & Social Sciences

McKendrick, Neil

Brewer,John

Social Sciences

HarperCollins, Publishers

The Penguin Book of the Renaissance

The Penguin Book of The Renaissance

Penguin

On the one hand it produced the tender work of Giotto and the brilliance of a Leonardo; on the other, it encompassed the atrocities of a Borgia, the fanaticism of a Savonarola and the cynicism of a Machiavelli. Civil disorders, political violence, religious discord and deep-seated corruption provided a setting in which genius flowered and where virtuosity, originality and an explosive energy shone through in politics, in art, in thought and even in murder. In this survey, the whole sweep of Renaissance achievement is portrayed and analyzed by Professor Plumb, assisted by a team of historians - including Kenneth Clark, Hugh Trevor-Roper and Garrett Mattingly - and by over 60 illustrations of contemporary masterpieces.

Penguin Book Of The Renaissance

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Penguin Uk

This history of England in the 18th century is not a chronological narrative of ministries and wars, but a history of the development of English society; the ministries and wars, of course, have their place, but no greater a place than the economic, cultural, and social history of the time. The book is divided into three parts: the ages of Walpole, of Chatham, and of Pitt.

England in the 18th Century: Volume 7 (Hist of England, Penguin)

Penguin??Books

England in the 18th Century: Volume 7 (The Pelican History of England, Penguin)

England in the eighteenth century

Penguin Books, Ltd.

The Death of the Past

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Learn facts about the Renaissance from this book.

Pelican Book Of The Renaissance

Growth of Political Stability in England, 1675-1725 (Peregrine Books)

Politics & Government

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