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Internet Library of Early Journals
www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/
A digital library of 18th- and 19th-century journals, including The Annual Register (1758-78) and The Gentleman's Magazine (1731-50). |
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Industrial Revolution
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html
An excellent gateway site for information on agricultural, textile and engineering advancements of the 18th century, with essays on the resulting social reform and new distinctions of class. |
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The Origins of the Industrial Revolution in England
www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture17a.html
Fascinating account of how the Industrial Revolution of 18th-century Britain led to massive population shifts. This mass migration to the cities where support from families and communities was lost, and sources of income were unpredictable, resulted in rising levels of crime. |
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Dr Johnson's London: Everyday life in 18th century London by Liza Picard (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001)
Fascinating account of everyday realities of life in the city of Hogarth, Fielding and Dr Johnson, based on contemporary evidence.
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Eighteenth-century Popular Culture: A selection, edited by John Mullan and Christopher Reid (Oxford University Press, 2000)
Examines particular themes – crime, religious enthusiasm and popular politics – by telling particular stories of notorious criminals. It also illustrates how the very idea of popular culture was formed in the period.
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English Society in the 18th Century by Roy Porter (Penguin, 1990)
Boldly drawn portrait of 18th-century England that defines a nation from its princes to its paupers, from the metropolis to the smallest hamlet. The topics covered run the gamut – diet, housing, prisons, philanthropy, bordellos, plays, paintings, work and wages.
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The First Industrial Revolution by Phyllis Deane (Cambridge University Press, 1980)
Identifies the strategic changes in economic organisation, industrial structure and technological progress that took place in Britain between 1750 and 1850.
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High Society in the Regency Period: 1788-1830 by Venetia Murray (Penguin, 2000)
This social history of the Regency period chronicles the manners, morals and attitudes of everyone from dandies to pugilists, duchesses to courtesans. As the art of caricature flourished during the Regency, this book contains examples from artists such as Gillray and Cruikshank.
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The Origins of Modern English Society, 1780-1880 1880 by Harold Perkin (Routledge, 2002)
Locates the origins of the modern English class system in the Industrial Revolution, the impact of which went beyond economy and technology, and changed the ways of living and perceptions of the English people.
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