This book explores the main events and developments in Britain during a period of great change. It opens with a survey of Britain during 1815-1851 and the subsequent chapters offer in-depth studies of the major themes of the GCSE syllabus from the vote to the philosophy of "utilitarianism". The book aims to help students develop the skills needed to understand the underlying themes of protest and fear which ran through the period and explore the underlying forces of causation and motivation. The text meets the assessment objectives of the enquiry-in-depth aspect of the Schools History Project, syllabus while also being relevant to other 19th-century British history courses. Students are encouraged to assess the role of the individual as both initiator and inhibitor of change and to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of early 19th-century Britain and what it must have been like to live through the years surrounding reform.

 

This book features in the following series: Longman History Project, Longman History Studies in Depth .

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published 1990 by Pearson Education Limited .

Colin Shephard and Rosemary Rees are experienced examiners and accomplished textbook authors.

This book has the following chapters: Part 1 The vote: the parliamentary system before 1832; from Spa Fields to Peterloo; pressure for reform - people, political unions and press; the struggle in Parliament fro reform; the Reform Act of 1832; the Chartists - beginnings to 1840; the Chartists - 1840-48. Part 2 Utilitarianism: the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people. part 3 The poor: two nations; the Poor Law system before 1834; the collapse of the Old Poor Law system; the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834; opposition to the new Poor Law. Part 4 Social reform: town life for the labouring poor; local government; public health; ". exhausted equally in body and mind. "; factory reform; mines and mining; "the multitude you see not. "' crime and punishment; schools and schooling. Part 5 Emigration: why did they go?; journeys; journey's end. Part 6 Railways: the first railways; the first railway companies - the Stockton to Darlington railway, the Liverpool to Manchester railway; track, track and more track; who built the railways - the railway navvies; "he will be home today. ". Part 7 The Great Exhibition: from first ideas to final buildings; 1st May 1851; the visitors.