The Britannica Guide to World Literature: English Literature from the Restoration through the Romantic Period, 1^st Edition

Britannica Digital Learning  |  2011  |  ISBN-13: 9781615302314

Both the form and content of literature today owes much to the developments that took place in England between the Restoration and Romantic periods. The emergence of the novel triggered the creation of new genres and accompanied a rise in literacy throughout the country. This volume examines the English writers who helped shape the social, political, and religious climate of the age, and immerses students in the history of narratives that continue to enchant audiences today.

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Constitutions of the World from the late 18^th Century to the Middle of the 19^th Century: Europe: Constitutional Documents of the United Kingdom 1782-1835, 1^st Edition

 K.G. Saur  |  2005  |  ISBN-13: 9783598440526

Constitutions of the World from the Late 18^th Century to the Middle of the 19^th Century is the most complete and academically thorough collection of its kind. It contains constitutional documents from all over the world, written from 1776 to the end of the year 1849. This collection includes about 1,000 constitutions, human rights declarations, and drafts of constitutions that never came into force from this period. These early constitutional documents were collected and examined in archives and libraries all over the world, as part of a project by the Deutsche Forschungs-gemeinschaft (German Research Foundation).

Using the original documents, experts from American and European universities reconstructed the authentic constitution texts for each country and annotated them in their respective original languages. Each volume contains a short introduction, a main part with the edited constitution documents of a country, comments, and an index.

The unique value of the complete edition lies in its making all constitutions, from the early phase of modern constitutionalism, accessible in a reliable, authentic text version for the first time. These constitutions were widely scattered until now and, in many cases, unknown. In all, constitutional documents from about 50 countries in Europe and the Americas will be published in volumes for each country. Constitutions of the World from the Late 18^th Century to the Middle of the 19^th Century is a unique and fundamental source edition and an extensive documentation of constitutional history.

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Daily Life in 18^th-Century England, 2^nd Edition

Greenwood Publishing Group  |  2017  |  ISBN-13: 9781440855047

Informative, richly detailed, and entertaining, this book portrays daily life in England from 1700 to 1800, embracing all levels of society—from the aristocracy to the very poor—to describe a nation grappling with modernity.

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Defining Documents in World History: The 18^th Century (1701‒1800), 1^st Edition

Salem Press  |  2018  |  ISBN-13: 9781682175828

This established series includes Ancient World (2700 B.C.E.‒c.500 C.E.), Middle Ages (476‒1500), Renaissance & Early Modern Era (1308‒1600), and the 17^th Century (1601‒1700), in addition to the newest volume, The 18^th Century (1701‒1800). The 18^th Century offers in-depth analysis of a broad range of historical documents and historic events that make up the story of a century marked by revolution and calls for a broader perspective on human rights and dignity.

The volume begins with King George III’s Proclamation of 1783, which had the consequence of turning colonists in America against the crown and culminated in such significant documents as the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. The new nation continued its struggles, not least of which was the fight over slavery, resulting in such important speeches and addresses as Prince Hall’s Petition and the Pennsylvania Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery. Revolution was in the air during the 18^th century.

In France, two pivotal documents, Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, adopted by the National Constituent Assembly in 1789, and Declaration of the Rights of Woman, by Olympe de Gouges, remain fundamental to an understanding of the history of human and civil rights. Meanwhile, Britain continued its efforts of extending its influence in India and China, with mixed results, as shown in Qianlong’s Letter to King George III.

The 32 articles in this volume are organized into five sections: The American Colonies in Resistance and Revolution, The Founding of a New Democratic Republic, Slavery and Democracy?, Rights and Revolution in France, The British Abroad. Historical documents provide a compelling view of this pivotal century and its influence on world history. 

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