兰福德，牛津大学现代历史学教授（自1996年起），林肯学院现代历史学研究员，导师（自1970年起），艺术和人文科学研究委员会主席（自1998年起）。其著作有《一个彬彬有礼的商业化民族1727-1783》（Oxford，1989；1999再版）和《英国的公众生活与有产阶层1689-1789》（Oxford，1991）等。

　　《18世纪英国：宪制建构与产业革命》没有轰轰烈烈的革命运动，没有波澜壮阔的变革景象，但18世纪这百年间英国无论在经济发展方面、政治制度与体制方面，还是在文化思维意识方面，均发生了巨大而深刻的变化。

　　Chapter 1 Revolution and its
　　Repercussions
　　The historical importance of the Revolution of 1688 the Glorious Revolution has inevitably fluctuated in the process of constant reinterpretation by successive generations. It fared partio,lrly badly at the hands of the twentieth century, and threatens to disappar altogether under the demands of modern historical scholarship. The decisive triumph of the liberal and democratic spirit, beloved of Thomas Macaulay and the Victorian Whigs, has dwindled into the conservative reaction of a selfish oligarchy. Especially when compared with modern revolutions, it seems rather to resemble a palace coup than a genuine shift of social or political power. Yet it had important and enduring consequences, not less significant than those of more spectacular convulsions. Even the relative absence of physical violence can be exaggerated. In Scotland, the supporters of the deposed king had to be crushed by force of arms, a process which was completed in 1689. In Ireland there was positively a blood-bath, one which still holds a prominent place in Irish myths and memories. When the siege of Londonderry was lifted, and James II decisively defeated at the battle of the Boyne, Ulster Protestants certainly considered their salvation to be glorious, but they can hardly have thought of it as bloodless.

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第一章 革命及其反响
第二章 罗宾政府的兴起
第三章 工业和赋闲
第四章 英国中产阶级的形成
第五章 不同政见的斗争
第六章 叛乱和改革
第七章 结束语
年表
历任首相名录1721-1789年
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