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The Age of Improvement: 1830 to 1851 | |
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Reform or Revolution? | |
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Alexis de Tocqueville and the Britain of 1830 | |
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The Demand for Constitutional Reform | |
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The Great Reform Bill Significance and Aftermath | |
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The Railway Age | |
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The People Industry and Banking | |
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Transportation Working Conditions | |
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The Curious Years of Laissez-Faire Whigs and Tories | |
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The Chartists | |
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The Corn Law Reformers Peel and Repeal | |
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The Irish Famine | |
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The Trend Toward Laissez-Faire | |
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The Trend Toward State Intervention | |
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The Victorian Regulatory State | |
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The Church and Education | |
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Lord Palmerston's World | |
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Britain's Place in the World | |
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The Foreign Policy of Palmerston | |
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Anglo-American and Anglo-Chinese Relations | |
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Palmerston Again | |
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The Mid-Victorian Years: 1851 to 1873 | |
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Prosperity, Propriety, and Progress | |
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The Age of Prosperity | |
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The Victorian City Victorian Morality | |
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The Cult of Respectability | |
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The Victorian Gentleman | |
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The Critics of Victorianism | |
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War Drums Sound Afar | |
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The Crimean War American | |
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Division and German Unification | |
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The Sepoy Mutiny | |
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The Mid-Victorian Empire | |
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The Reform Bill of 1867: Causes and Consequences Prelude to Reform | |
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The Reform Bills | |
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The First Gladstone Ministry | |
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The Late-Victorian Years: 1873 to 1900 | |
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Disraeli and Gladstone | |
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The Curious "Great Depression" | |
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Liberals and Conservatives | |
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The Disraeli Ministry of 1874-1880 | |
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Gladstone's Second Ministry (1880-1885) | |
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The Irish Question | |
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The Nineteenth-Century Background | |
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The Rise of Parnell | |
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The First Home Rule Bill | |
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The Second Home Rule Bill | |
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The High Tide of Empire | |
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The Causes of Imperialism | |
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Imperialism in Action | |
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The Role of Joseph Chamberlain | |
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The Boer War | |
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Society and Social Reform Technological Advances | |
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The Social Structure | |
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The Status of Women Religion and Leisure | |
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The Decline of Laissez-Faire | |
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Social Reform and Politics | |
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The Early Twentieth Century: 1900 to 1924 | |
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The Rocky Road to the Welfare State | |
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Edwardian Prosperity | |
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The Cultural Revival | |
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The Conservative Decline (1900-1905) | |
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The Liberal Revival (1905-1908) | |
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Asquith, Churchill, and Lloyd George | |
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The Revolt of the Peers | |
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The Twentieth-Century Constitution | |
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Suffragettes and Syndicalists Ireland Again | |
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The Roundabout Road to War | |
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The Web of Diplomacy | |
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The Triple Entente Anglo-German Rivalry | |
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The Lamps Go Out | |
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Britain and World War I | |
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The Fighting Fronts (1914-1915) | |
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The Home Front (1914-1915) | |
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The Rise of Lloyd George War on Sea and Land (1915-1917) | |
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The End of the War | |
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The Consequences of the Peace | |
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The Election of 1918 | |
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Lloyd George at Paris | |
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A Solution for Ireland | |
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The Twenties: Economy and Society | |
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The Fall of Lloyd George | |
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The First Labour Government | |
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The Shadow of Depression and War: 1924 to 1956 | |
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The False Dawn and the Great Depression | |
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The General Strike and After | |
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The Spirit of Locarno | |
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The Second Labour Government | |
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The National Government | |
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The Depression and British Society Recovery | |
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The Storm Gathers Anew | |
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The Rise of Totalitarianism | |
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The Election of 1935 | |
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The Abdication Steps Toward War | |
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The Road to Munich | |
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The End of Appeasement | |
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The Age of Churchill | |
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The "Phoney War" Churchill Becomes Prime Minister | |
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The Battle of Britain | |
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The War Economy Forging the Grand Alliance | |
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The Road to Victory | |
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Social Security and International Insecurity | |
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The General Election of 1945 | |
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Nationalization and Social Security | |
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Austerity Imperial Twilight: Asia and the Middle East | |
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The Cold War | |
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The Elections of 1950 and 1951 | |
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The End of Austerity Diplomatic Achievements | |
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Post Imperial Britain: 1956-1979 | |
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The Decline of Empire and the Mood of the 1960s | |
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Suez and After Twilight of Empire: Africa | |
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The Macmillan Era Troubles of the Early 1960s | |
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The First Move to Join Europe | |
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The Elections of 1964 and 1966 | |
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The Perils of the Pound | |
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The Permissive Society | |
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The Stormy 1970s: The Age of Stagflation | |
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The General Election of 1970 | |
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Conservative Reform Britain Joins the EEC | |
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The Northern Ireland Question Economic Dilemmas | |
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The General Elections of 1974 | |
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The Callaghan Years (1976-1979) | |
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Contemporary Britain: Since 1979 | |
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The Thatcher Era and After (19791997) | |
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The First Years (1979-1982) | |
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The Split in the Labour Party | |
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The Falkland Islands War (1982) | |
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Privatization Education, Health, and Housing | |
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The Northern Ireland Question Once More | |
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The General Election of 1987 | |
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Thatcher's Last Years (1987-1990) | |
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The Election of 1992 | |
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The Government of John Major (1990-1997) | |
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Entering the 21st Century: The Tony Blair Era | |
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The General Election of 1997 | |
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The Blair Honeymoon | |
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The Federalization of the United Kingdom Prospect and Retrospect | |
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Appendix | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |