Chris Cook, John Stevenson

Longman Handbook to Modern British History 1714 - 2001

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Produktbeschreibung

Designed for the student and general reader, this compact and accessible reference work provides all the essential facts and figures about major aspects of modern British history from the death of Queen Anne to the end of the 1990s. Now well established as the leading reference work for students of modern Britain, this latest edition wil be warmly welcomed. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History has been extended to include a fully-revised bibliography (relecting the wealth of newly published material in recent years), the new statistics on social and economic history and an expanded glossary of terms. Completely up-to-date, the book contains new material on such recent developments as the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly, House of Lords reform and developments in the European Union. The political chronologies have beeen revised to include the electoral defeat of John Major, the record of the New Labour government and its success in winning a second term in office. 'It certainly deserves to meet an enthusiastic response from students, terachers, historians and lovers of reference books, since it is everything that Longman claim it to be' (Times Educational Supplement of the 1st editon) This highly-successful handbook provides a wealth of varied data within the confines of a single volume, and is now an even more user-friendly reference tool for students, teachers and the general reader alike. CHRIS COOK is a former Visiting Research Fellow at the Londoon School of Economics and former Head of the Modern Archives Survey at the British Library of Political and Economic Science; JOHN STEVENSON is fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. Together the authors have collaborated on a number of projects including the 'Handbook of Modern European History, 1763-1997 (3rd edn, 1998) and, in a second series which looks at shorter, more focused periods, the 'Companion to Britain since 1945' (2nd edn, 2000).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 4th edition
• Seitenzahl: 520
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 721g
• ISBN-13: 9780582423947
• ISBN-10: 0582423945
• Artikelnr.: 39215863

Autorenporträt

Chris Cook, John Stevenson

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1 Political History
Chapter 1 Political Chronology
Chapter 2 British Monarchs, 1702-2001
Chapter 3 Genealogical Charts
Chapter 4 Lists of Principal Ministers
Chapter 5 Parliamentary Reform
Chapter 6 Elections and Party Politics
Chapter 7 Other Parties
Section 2 Social and Religious History
Chapter 8 Population
Chapter 9 Education
Chapter 10 Social Reform
Chapter 11 Housing
Chapter 12 Environment
Chapter 13 Women, Society and Sexuality
Chapter 14 Press and Broadcasting
Chapter 15 Crime and Police
Chapter 16 Local Government
Chapter 17 Occupations and Social Structure
Chapter 18 Labour
Chapter 19 Religion
Section 3 Economic History
Chapter 20 Agriculture
Chapter 21 Trade
Chapter 22 Prices and Wages
Chapter 23 Production
Chapter 24 Finance
Chapter 25 Unemployment
Chapter 26 Transport
Section 4 Foreign Affairs and Defence
Chapter 27 Military and Naval
Chapter 28 Treaties
Chapter 29 Ireland
Chapter 30 Imperial
Chapter 31 Europe