{"product_id":"victorious-century-the-united-kingdom-18001906-the-penguin-history-of-britain-9780525557890","title":"Victorious Century: The United Kingdom  1800-1906 (The Penguin History of Britain)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sweeping history of nineteenth-century Britain by one of the worlds most respected historians.  \"An evocative account . . .Cannadine tells his own story persuasively and exceedingly well. The Wall Street Journal  To live in nineteenth-century Britain was to experience an astonishing and unprecedented series of changes. Cities grew vast; there were revolutions in transportation  communication  science  and work--all while a growing religious skepticism rendered the intellectual landscape increasingly unrecognizable. It was an exhilarating time  and as a result  most of the countries in the world that experienced these changes were racked by political and social unrest. Britain  however  maintained a stable polity at home  and as a result it quickly found itself in a position of global leadership.  In this major new work  leading historian David Cannadine has created a bold  fascinating new interpretation of nineteenth-century Britain. Britain was a country that saw itself at the summit of the world and  by some measures  this was indeed true. It had become the largest empire in history: its political stability positioned it as the leader of the new global economy and allowed it to construct the largest navy ever built. And yet it was also a society permeated with doubt  fear  and introspection. Repeatedly  politicians and writers felt themselves to be staring into the abyss and what is seen as an era of irritating self-belief was in fact obsessed with its own fragility  whether as a great power or as a moral force. Victorious Century is a comprehensive and extraordinarily stimulating history--its author catches the relish  humor and staginess of the age  but also the dilemmas faced by Britains citizens  ones we remain familiar with today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647056306229,"sku":"ByrdShop_052555789X","price":34.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780525557890.jpg?v=1781687186","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/victorious-century-the-united-kingdom-18001906-the-penguin-history-of-britain-9780525557890","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}