Keith Robbins (ed.)

The British Isles 1901-1951

Herausgeber: Robbins, Keith

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The "British Isles" entered the 20th century as a single state, "Great Britain and Ireland", with a British Empire greater in extent and larger in population than the world had ever seen. This book explores the vast changes in the first 50 years of the new century.

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Produktdetails

• Short Oxford History of the British Isles
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780198731962
• ISBN-10: 0198731965
• Artikelnr.: 21894699

Autorenporträt

Keith Robbins is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter, and Senior Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales. His publications include The First World War (OUP 1985) and A Bibliography of British History 1914-1989 (OUP 1996).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Halfway House - Isles and Empire over half a century
1: Keith Jeffery: British Isles/British Empire: dual mandate/dual identity
2: Duncan Tanner: Electing the governors/the governance of the elect
3: Keith Robbins: The British Way and Purpose
4: Siân Nicholas: Being British: creeds and cultures
5: David Dutton: Unity and disunity: The price of victory
6: W.R. Garside: Declining advantage: The British economy
7: Rodney Lowe: Riches, poverty, and progress
Conclusion: decline and progress
Further Reading
Chronology
Maps
Index