Description
Book SynopsisBritish Political History 1867–2001 is a comprehensive summary of the major political developments in British history over the last 140 years. This third edition brings the picture up-to-date with coverage of the 2001 general election.
Trade Review'This substantial textbook is written with the explicit aim of keeping its readers awake ... it will entertain students and stimulate discussion.' – Times Higher Education Supplement
'The news that this excellent textbook is receiving a new edition that will bring it up-to-date is very welcome.' – Rohan McWilliam, Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, UK
'This substantial textbook is written with the explicit aim of keeping its readers awake... it will entertain students and stimulate discussion.' - Valerie Cromwell, Times Higher Education Supplement
'The news that this excellent textbook is receiving a new edition that will bring it up to date is very welcome.' - Rohan McWilliam, Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, UK
Table of Contents1. Introduction: Britain in 1867 2. The Gladstonian Liberal Party 1868–95 3. The Conservative Party 1868–1905: The Regaining of Power 4. Ireland 1868–1922: Province or Nation? 5. Britain and the World 1867–1905: The Onset of Decline 6. The Liberal Party After Gladstone: Recovery, Triumph and Death 1895–1935 7. The Rise of Labour 1867–1940 8. British Foreign Policy 1905–45: The German Question 9. Britain between the Wars 10. The Conservative Party of the Chamberlains 1906–40 11. Socialist Britain 1940–51: The Home Front 12. Consensus Britain 1951–79 13. Thatcher's Britain – 120 Years on – 1979–90 14. Towards the New Millennium: Britain 1990–2001 15. Britain and the World 1945–2001: The 'New Elizabethan Age'
