The third edition of this book brings the story of British history up to the general election of 1997, the end of the Thatcherite era and the eighteen year period of Conservative domination. This edition is specifically designed to help Advanced Level students and undergraduates; all the chapters contain new material, taking into account the latest research and the most recent interpretations, and there are new chapters and sections. Contains A Level style questions, some of which are taken from A Level papers. The general reader will find the book informative and enjoyable, and will find the source material stimulating and enlightening.
Table of contents:
Introduction
Britain Under the Tories 1815-1830
Foreign Affairs 1815-30
Parliament and the Great Reform Act of 1832
Whig Reforms and Failures 1833-41
Chartism
Sir Robert Peel. The Conservatives and the Corn Laws 1930-46
Domestic Affairs 1946-67: Russell, Gladstone, Disraeli and the Reform Act of 1867
Lord Palmerston and Foreign Affairs 1830-65
The Crimean War 1854-56
Britain, India and the Mutiny of 1857
Social Reform: Factories, Mines, Public Health and Education
Gladstone's First Ministry 1868-74
Disraeli and the Conservatives in Power 1874-80
Victorian Prosperity and Depression
Gladstone and Salisbury 1880-95
Ten Years of Conservative Rule 1895-1905
The Dominions: Canada, Australia and New Zealand Before 1914
The Growth of the Trade Unions and the Labour Party to 1914
The State and the People from the 1890's to 1939
The Liberals in Power 1905-14
Britain, the First World War and its Aftermath
Politics in Confusion 1918-24
Baldwin, the Conservatives and the General Strike
The Second Labour Government 1929-31, the World Economic Crisis and the National Governments
Britain and the Problems of Empire Between the Wars
Appeasement and the Outbreak of the Second World War: Foreign Affairs 1931-39
Britain and the Second World War 1939-45
Labour in Power: the Attlee Governments 1945-51
The Rise and Fall of Consensus 1951-79
Britain and its Parts: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Britain and her Place in the World after 1945
Thatcherism and the New Right 1979-97
Table of contents:
Introduction
Britain Under the Tories 1815-1830
Foreign Affairs 1815-30
Parliament and the Great Reform Act of 1832
Whig Reforms and Failures 1833-41
Chartism
Sir Robert Peel. The Conservatives and the Corn Laws 1930-46
Domestic Affairs 1946-67: Russell, Gladstone, Disraeli and the Reform Act of 1867
Lord Palmerston and Foreign Affairs 1830-65
The Crimean War 1854-56
Britain, India and the Mutiny of 1857
Social Reform: Factories, Mines, Public Health and Education
Gladstone's First Ministry 1868-74
Disraeli and the Conservatives in Power 1874-80
Victorian Prosperity and Depression
Gladstone and Salisbury 1880-95
Ten Years of Conservative Rule 1895-1905
The Dominions: Canada, Australia and New Zealand Before 1914
The Growth of the Trade Unions and the Labour Party to 1914
The State and the People from the 1890's to 1939
The Liberals in Power 1905-14
Britain, the First World War and its Aftermath
Politics in Confusion 1918-24
Baldwin, the Conservatives and the General Strike
The Second Labour Government 1929-31, the World Economic Crisis and the National Governments
Britain and the Problems of Empire Between the Wars
Appeasement and the Outbreak of the Second World War: Foreign Affairs 1931-39
Britain and the Second World War 1939-45
Labour in Power: the Attlee Governments 1945-51
The Rise and Fall of Consensus 1951-79
Britain and its Parts: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Britain and her Place in the World after 1945
Thatcherism and the New Right 1979-97