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The new edition of this best-selling text includes a new section on the final years of the Labour government after Blair's resignation and a new chapter on the subsequent Coalition and Conservative governments. It is the ideal companion for students taking a first-level course in modern British History, as well as for undergraduates in history.
Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/mastering-modern-british-history-5e. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.
Table of Contents
Britain Under the Tories 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 1830-46
Domestic Affairs 1846-67: 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
Standards of Living and 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 Growth of the Trade Unions and the Labour Party to 1914
The State and the People from the 1890s 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
Political and Economic Crises, 1929-39: 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
The State of the People: Social and Cultural Change Since 1945
Britain and its Parts: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Britain and Her Place in the World After 1945
Britain and the End of the Empire
Thatcherism and the New Right 1979-97
Labour in Opposition and in Power, 1979-2010
The Conservatives in Opposition (1997-2010) and in Coalition (2010-2015).
Product details

Published | Apr 26 2017 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 5th |
Extent | 728 |
ISBN | 9781137603876 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
Dimensions | 0 x 0 mm |
Series | Bloomsbury Master Series |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
