New England? - Peace and War 1886-1918

Zusatztext This is a marvellous book in its breadth! its comprehensiveness and! given its length! the enormous pleasure it has been to read. Necessarily a work of synthesis! it efficiently weaves together telling quotes! examples and statistics to conjure up the late Victorian and Edwardian world. Informationen zum Autor G. R. Searle is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of East Anglia. Zusammenfassung Bringing into focus a period of energy, creativity, and turmoil, this book portrays various aspects of the nation's life - political, social, and cultural. It presents the Empire in 1886 that is poised to celebrate Victoria's golden jubilee, and in 1918 at the close of the 'war to end all wars', with England knowing that an era has ended. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I. England in 1886 1: Nationalism and Nationality 2: Generation and Gender 3: Social Identities: Class, Community, and the Masses 4: Governance and Politics Part II. Late Victorian England 1886-1899 5: Home Rule and the Politics of Unionism 6: The Social Question: Conflict and Stability, 1886-1899 7: Politics and the Social Question, 1886-1899 8: Uneasy Dominion: Britain under Challenge, 1886-1899 9: The Boer War, 1899-1902 Part III. Edwardian England 10: The Unionist Project, 1902-1905 11: The Liberal Party and Social Welfare Politics 12: The Years of 'Crisis', 1908-1914 13: The Road to War Part IV. Leisure, Culture, and Science 14: The Pursuit of Pleasure 15: Art and Culture 16: Science and Learning Part V. The Great War 17: The Great War: The Loss of Innocence, 1914-1916 18: The Great War: Tragedy and Triumph, 1916-1918 19: The Patriotic Experience 20: War and the Reshaping of Identities Chronology List of Cabinets General Elections Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Bobbi Searle, G. R. Searle, G.r. Searle
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.07.2005
• EAN: 9780199284405
• ISBN: 978-0-19-928440-5
• No. of pages: 976
• Series: New Oxford History of England; New Oxford History of England
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; England, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, First World War, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I