Books in the Foundations of Modern Britain series

This volume is divided into four parts. Each part is preceded by a chronology for each year setting out some of the most important political, social and cultural developments. It includes chapters on: the British Empire, the Commonwealth, the EEC, education, and cultures and creeds.

Suitable as core textbook for 1st and 2nd year undergraduates studying Early Modern Britain and comparative courses on Nation-building

Geoffrey Holmes shows how early and mid-Georgian Britain used its expanding wealth, its new-found social cohesion at home and its international influence abroad to become not only a European but an imperial power.