The British Isles Since 1945

Zusatztext 'this volume is excellently written and provides the type of overview essential for undergraduates and good A-level students' Keith Laybourn! University of Huddersfield! History! vol 89! issue 1! number 293 Klappentext Since 1945 Great Britain has experienced the loss of the empire! economic decline and recovery! entry into Europe! evolution into a multicultural society and devolution. In this book! six distinguished historians each take a theme and set out the fundamental nature and development of each. Zusammenfassung Since 1945 Great Britain has experienced the loss of the empire, economic decline and recovery, entry into Europe, evolution into a multicultural society and devolution. In this book, six distinguished historians each take a theme and set out the fundamental nature and development of each. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: John Turner: Governors, governance and governed: British politics since 1945 2: Jim Tomlinson: Economic growth, economic decline 3: Jose Harris: Tradition and transformation: society and civil society in Britain, 1945-2001 4: Peter Mandler: Two cultures - one or many? 5: David Reynolds: Britain and the world since 1945: narratives of decline or transformation? 6: Dermot Keogh: Ireland 1945-2001: between 'Hope and History' Conclusion: fin de siècle Further Reading Chronology Maps Index

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen Burk, Kathleen (Professor of Modern and Contempora Burk
• Assisted by: Kathleen Burk (Editor), Burk Kathleen (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2002
• EAN: 9780199248384
• ISBN: 978-0-19-924838-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Short Oxford History of the British Isles; Short Oxford History of the Br; Short Oxford History of the British Isles
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, British Isles, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)