| Description |
[1], 89 p. illus. (some col.)., facsims. (some col.)., maps (chiefly col.)., ports. (some col.). 31 cm. |
| Note |
"Volume five". |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
The settlement: Ireland -- The settlement: Scotland -- France the enemy -- Queen Anne and the Churchills -- Marlborough, the great Captain -- A new world -- The house of Hanover -- The "fifteen" -- The world of finance -- Life in the town -- Life in the country -- The merchant class -- The search for trade -- America grows -- War on land and sea -- The "forty-five" -- War over the colonies -- The Seven Years' War -- The fall of Canada -- The race for India -- Army and navy -- Who governed the country? -- Law and order -- The church -- The good household -- The rich -- The poor -- Progress in the towns -- People at work -- People at play -- Houses -- The world of fashion -- The agricultural revolution -- The writers -- Theatre and music -- Travel -- The advance of science -- Medicine and hospitals -- King and colonists -- Time chart. |
| Summary |
A pictorial survey of the history and civilization of Great Britain during the years of the greatest expansion of her empire. |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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| ISBN |
0356041301 |
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