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The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
Robert C. Allen
The Industrial Revolution was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the mid-18th and mid-19th centuries, and led to far reaching transformations of society. The ...
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The spread of the Industrial Revolution abroad
Robert C. Allen
in The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
The Industrial Revolution may have ended for Britain in 1867, but it had only just begun elsewhere. ‘The spread of the Industrial Revolution abroad’ charts the different regions’ share of ...
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2. Advancement
Allen C. Guelzo
in Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
‘Advancement’ describes how, in the aftermath of the War of 1812, the penetration of the markets promised a social and moral revolution equal to that of 1776, through the cheapening of ...
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Introduction
Allen C. Guelzo
in Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
Abraham Lincoln is one of the most famous Americans world-wide. What has made him so well known? For Americans, in the years after his death, he was famous as the Great Emancipator of ...
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4. Liberty
Allen C. Guelzo
in Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
‘Liberty’ examines the roots of Lincoln's revulsion for slavery and describes the condition of liberal democracy in Europe and America in the 1840s. Lincoln saw slavery as a direct ...
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3. To write in English
Sean Teuton
in Native American Literature: A Very Short Introduction
‘To write in English’ explains how the written word allowed Native Americans to more easily pass on the oral literature of their people and to be recognized as educated and rational agents. ...
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3. Law
Allen C. Guelzo
in Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
‘Law’ describes how lawyering was more than just a living for Lincoln. The revolutionaries who constructed the American republic in the 1770s believed that their republic would survive only ...
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4. On the floor
Donald A. Ritchie
in The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
“On the floor” examines the differences in the practices of the House and Senate, which are critical for understanding the legislative process. Each day’s session begins with “morning ...
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Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
Allen C. Guelzo
Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction explores the problems that confronted Lincoln and liberal democracy — equality, opportunity, the rule of law, slavery, freedom, and ...
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