Description
Book SynopsisPraise for the first edition: 'Royle calls on an impressive range of materials (supported by an excellent bibliography) to offer a judicious review of most of the issues currently confronted by social historians. His agenda contains both traditional and novel elements [...] all are presented with admirable clarity and balance. [...] A volume which shows an astonishing command of such a wide range of material will long prove essential reading.' Times Literary Supplement This popular work provides an in-depth historical background to issues of contemporary concern, tracing developments over the past two and a half centuries. It promotes accessibility by adopting a thematic approach, with each theme treated chronologically. Major themes are chosen partly by their importance to an understanding of the past and partly by their relevance to students of contemporary Britain - rather than by imposing current fashions in historical study on the past. Thoroughly revised, the third edition of
Modern Britain reviews and brings up to date the content to take account of developments since 1997 and reconsiders emphases and interpretations in light of more recent scholarship. It incorporates new currents in historical writing on matters such as the language of class, the position of women, and the revolution worked by the Internet and mobile technologies.
Modern Britain is vital reading for students of history and the social and political sciences.
Trade ReviewThe author has updated several aspects of
Modern Britain ... [including] the extensive bibliography, to reflect developments in social history in the past thirty years ... The book is refreshingly traditional in manner, style and approach ... [It paints] a varied picture of life in Britain, analysed through a number of lenses, and presented in a number of guises. * Family & Community History *
Table of ContentsList of maps and tables Preface 1. The changing environment 2. People 3. Class 4. Poverty and welfare 5. Life and leisure 6. Religion 7. Education
Conclusion Further Reading Index
