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The Cambridge Cultural History: Volume 9, Modern Britain

Part I: The Cultural and Social Setting The Cultural and Social Setting  Roy Shaw and Gwen Shaw[rtoc] Wartime beginnings Post-war achievements and disillusion Cultural democracy: a mixed blessing? Radio, television, and the press The consumer society The youth culture phenomenon The permissive society The Arts Council Class, the New Left, and education Pressure groups in …

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The Cambridge Cultural History: Volume 8, Early Twentieth-Century Britain

Part I: The Cultural and Social Setting The Edwardian Age and the Inter-War Years  Wilfrid Mellers and Rupert Hildyard[rtoc] The Edwardian years The First World War The inter-war years[/rtoc] Part II: Studies in the Individual Arts Literature and Drama  Jacques Berthoud[rtoc] Henry James and Arnold Bennett Joseph Conrad The novel of the condition of England …

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The Cambridge Cultural History: Volume 7, Victorian Britain

Part I: The Social and Cultural Setting The Later Victorian Age  Asa Briggs[rtoc] The reign in review Vantage points The three parts of the reign Late-Victorian Victorian critics of Victorianism Changing assessments Tendencies and trends The sense of change The growth of population and wealth Cities and countryside The provinces London Communications Political change Cultural …

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The Cambridge Cultural History: Volume 6, The Romantic Age in Britain

Part I: The Cultural and Social Setting Romantics to Early Victorians  David Punter[rtoc] Global and imperial influences European influences Context for the arts: patronage and the market Print and the development of literacy The Romantic experience Heroes and hero-worship Countryside: escape and preservation Rediscovery and the remaking of history Impact of scientific and technological development …

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The Cambridge Cultural History: Volume 5, Eighteenth-Century Britain

Part I: The Cultural and Social Setting The Arts in Eighteenth-Century Britain  Arthur Humphreys[rtoc] Preliminaries Augustan ‘Order’ Energy and liberty The ideology of consensus: politics The ideology of consensus: religion Good nature and good taste: virtue and the virtuoso The social arts Patrons and public ‘The grand affair of business’ London Ireland and Scotland Provincial …

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The Cambridge Cultural History: Volume 4, Seventeenth-Century Britain

Part I: The Cultural and Social Setting The Seventeenth Century  Joseph Rykwert[rtoc] The Tudor inheritance Defences and navigation Renaissance Universities and the new learning The arts in Britain between Elizabeth and James Kings, Church and Parliament The King and parliament The King and the Church Britain and Europe Senates, academies and the promise of harmony …

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The Cambridge Cultural History: Volume 3, Sixteenth-Century Britain

Part I: The Cultural and Social Setting Renaissance and Reformation  Dominic Baker-Smith[rtoc] The tradition of rhetoric The domestication of humanism New directions in education Courts and courtiers Patronage and the arts Thomas Cromwell and reform Reformation and the arts Protestant humanism The image of Elizabeth The native Renaissance Wales and the preservation of the language …

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The Cambridge Cultural History: Volume 2, Medieval Britain

Part I: The Cultural and Social Setting The Middle Ages  Derek Pearsall[rtoc] Royal and aristocratic patronage The Church Commercial developments The provinces[/rtoc] Part II: Studies in the Individual Arts Architecture  Nicola Coldstream[rtoc] Salvation and pilgrimage: shrine, tomb and chantry The Cathedrals of Durham and Wells Rievalux: a Cistercian monastery The art of the carpenter: Westminster …

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