A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People? by Boyd Hilton

A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People? by Boyd Hilton

Boyd Hilton examines the changes in politics and society in the years 1783-1846, showing how the raffish and rakish style of eighteenth-century society, having reached a peak in the Regency, then succumbed to the new norms of respectability popularly known as 'Victorianism'.

Hilton's book is possibly the best in the New Oxford History of England..The book covers a lot of ground, but is well organized and remarkable for its cohesion and clarity...No serious student of the period can afford not to read this book. * Michael J Turner, Labour History Review. *
A scrupulously complete analysis of political and social change... * Charles Saumarez Smith, The Sunday Telegraph *
History writing at its most compelling. * Adam Phillips, The Observer *
The range, richness and complexity of Boyd Hilton's text are impossible to convey in summary, and hard fully to appreciate in a single reading. A mastery of the voluminous literature is complimented by an acquaintance with the sources which produce a wealth of illuminating quotation to catch the tones and inflections of the age...The analysis it offers, and the proportions and emphases which it adopts, will galvanize debate for years to come, and make it a contribution to history such as a safer survey, less ambitious in design, enterprising in argument, and integrative in technique, could not be. * Paul Smith, The Times Literary Supplement *
Trenchant, vivid, massively researched and very well written * Linda Colley, London Review of Books *
The main narrative is interspersed with fascinating essays on science, religion, art, architecture and literature - a generous helping for the many people who will read this book for pleasure rather than profit. * Ben Wilson, The Spectator *
Boyd Hilton has produced a tour de force that will stimulate interest in and guide understanding of the period for years to come. * Peter Borsay, BBC History Magazine *
A lively and wide-ranging study...[a] comprehensive, intriguing and challenging volume that has proved well worth the wait. * Tristram Hunt, New Statesman *
This book, like its companion volumes, takes for its subject English society as a whole, and the Byronic nudge of the title, as well as promising entertainment, is meant to alert us to the idea that the years before the Victorian Reform Acts were ones of violence, apprehension and 18th century debauchery. * David Horspool, The Guardian *
A model of the historian's art and a trailblazing marriage of intellectual and political history * Atlantic Monthly *
A magnificent contribution * History *

Boyd Hilton is Professor of Modern British History in the University of Cambridge and has been a Fellow of Trinity College since 1974. He has served as Senior Tutor, Dean, and Steward of the College. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy.

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ISBN 13	9780199218912
ISBN 10	0199218919
Title	A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People?
Author	Boyd Hilton
Series	New Oxford History Of England
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2008-06-19
Number of pages	784
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