The Longman Companion to Britain in the Nineteenth Century 1815‐1914

This is clearly not a book which advances any new theories or original research materials: that is not its intention. Instead, it provides within a small compass the foundamental data for the crowded and crucial events of its period, making it a very suitable text for sixth‐formers or first‐year university students. Chris Cook has served as a Visiting Research Fellow at the London School of Economics, so his academic credentials are sound. His book brings together a wealth of statistical and tabular information, not easily found elsewhere within the limits of a single volume; and all of this is well...