The Making of Modern Britain - HIST 358a Resource Guide

JSTOR article by Jeffrey G. Williamson

Women’s experience of and contribution to the dramatic upheaval that accompanied industrialization (circa 1750 to 1850) has been an area of considerable research and provides many clues to understanding the recent economic status of women in Great Britain, so this is the primary focus of the entry.

List of titles with descriptions related to economic imperialism.

Acceleration of technical and economic development that took place in Britain in the second half of the 18th century. The traditional agricultural economy was replaced by one dominated by machinery and manufacturing, made possible through technical advances such as the steam engine.

There are two contestants for the title of Britain's first railway: the Stockton and Darlington, which opened in 1825, and the Liverpool and Manchester, which commenced operations in 1830.

South Sea Bubble, popular name in England for the speculation in the South Sea Company, which failed disastrously in 1720. The company was formed in 1711 by Robert Harley, who needed allies to carry through the peace negotiations to end the War of the Spanish Succession. Holders of £9 million worth of government bonds were allowed to exchange their bonds for stock (with 6% interest) in the new company, which was given a monopoly of British trade with the islands of the South Seas and South America.

Engine that uses the power of steam to produce useful work. The first successful steam engine was built in 1712 by English inventor Thomas Newcomen at Dudley, West Midlands; it was developed further by Scottish instrument maker James Watt from 1769 and by English mining engineer Richard Trevithick, whose high-pressure steam engine of 1802 led to the development of the steam locomotive.

At the beginning of the modern period there was much thought about road improvements.

JSTOR article by Peter Temin

The Spartacus Educational website provides a series of free history encyclopaedias. Entries usually include a narrative, illustrations and primary sources.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK’s largest independent producer of official statistics and is the recognised national statistical institute for the UK.

On 4 May 1994 the first physical link between Britain and France since the Ice Age was officially opened by the Queen and Francois Mitterrand, President of France.