Twentieth-Century Britain: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Twentieth-Century Britain: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780192853974

ISBN-10: 019285397X

ISBN-13: 9780192853974

Edition: 2000

Authors: Kenneth O. Morgan

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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…

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List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/11/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 4.37" wide x 6.85" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English

Kenneth Morgan is Professor of History at Brunel University, London, UK.



List of Illustrations


List of Maps



The First World War



The Twenties



The Thirties



The Second World War



The Post-War World



From the Seventies to the Nineties



Towards the Millennium


Further Reading


Chronology


Prime Ministers 1914-2000


Index