A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Britain

This authoritative Companion introduces readers to the developments that lead to Britain becoming a great world power, the leading European imperial state, and, at the same time, the most economically and socially advanced, politically liberal and religiously tolerant nation in Europe. * Covers political, social, cultural, economic and religious history. Written by an international team of experts. * Examines Britain's position from the perspective of other European nations.