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Twentieth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction
Twentieth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction
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  • Most comprehensive and authoritative short guide to twentieth-century Britain
  • Highly acclaimed text, first published in the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, which Kenneth Morgan edited
  • Revised and updated for this edition
  • Indispensable for students and general readers

 
First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Kenneth Morgan's Very Short Introduction to Twentieth-Century Britain examines the forces of consensus and of conflict in twentieth-century Britain. The account covers the trauma of the First World War and the social divisions of the twenties; fierce domestic and foreign policy debates in the thirties; the impact of the Second World War for domestic transformation, popular culture and the loss of empire; the transition from the turmoil of the seventies to the aftermath of Thatcherism and the advent of New Labour. Throughout, cultural and artistic themes are woven into the analysis, along with the distinct national experiences of Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. The profound tension that shook the United Kingdom are juxtaposed against equally deep forces for stability, cohesion, and a sense of historic identity.

Index: 

1: The First World War
2: The twenties
3: The thirties
4: The Second World War
5: The post-war world
6: From the seventies to the nineties
7: Towards the millennium
Further reading
Chronology
Prime ministers 1914-2000
Index

About the author: 

Kenneth Morgan is Research Professor, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and Lecturer in Modern History, University of Oxford. He was Principal, then Vice-Chancellor, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and Professor in the University of Wales, 1989-95. Also, Vice-Chancellor, then Senior Vice-Chancellor, University of Wales, 1993-95.

Product details

ISBN : 9780192853974

Author: 
Kenneth O. Morgan
Pages
144 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
113 x 179 mm
Pub date
Oct 2000
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Twentieth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction

Twentieth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction

Twentieth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction