Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- The importance, role and function of the state: The cases of Great Britain and China -- HISTORIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION: TRADITIONAL VIEWS AND ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES -- The persistence of the traditional view: Britain as an...

The politics and the economics -- The Industrial Revolution in Britain -- Economics and politics in 19th century America -- Politics of resistance in the 19th century -- Britain: The inter war years -- The Progressive Era in the United States -- Britain and the post-war settlement -- Politics...

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