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Informationen zum Autor Chris Wrigley was formerly the Head of the School of History and Art History and is Professor of Modern British History at Nottingham University. He has been President of the Historical Association (1996-9), Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society and Chair of the Society for the Study of Labour History. He was awarded an Honorary Litt.D. by the University of East Anglia in 1998. He was also editor of The Historian from 1993 to 1998. His previous books include David Lloyd George and the British Labour Movement (1976), Arthur Henderson (1990), Lloyd George and the Challenge of Labour (1990) and Lloyd George (1992). Klappentext This Companion brings together 32 new essays by leading historians to provide a reassessment of British history in the early twentieth century. The contributors present lucid introductions to the literature and debates on major aspects of the political, social and economic history of Britain between 1900 and 1939.* Examines controversial issues over the social impact of the First World War, especially on women* Provides substantial coverage of changes in Wales, Scotland and Ireland as well as in England* Includes a substantial bibliography, which will be a valuable guide to secondary sources Zusammenfassung This Companion brings together thirty-two new essays by leading historians to provide a reassessment of British history in the early twentieth century. The contributors present lucid introductions to the literature and debates on major aspects of the political, social, and economic history of Britain between 1900 and 1939. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors x Introduction xv Part I British Political Life 1 The Conservative Party, 1900-1939: From Crisis to Ascendancy 3 Philip Williamson 2 The Liberal Party, 1900-1939: Summit and Descent 23 Michael Bentley 3 The Politics of the Labour Movement, 1900-1939 38 Duncan Tanner 4 The Politics of National Efficiency and of War, 1900-1918 56 G. R. Searle 5 Scottish Issues in British Politics, 1900-1939 72 I. G. C. Hutchison 6 Wales and British Politics, 1900-1939 87 R. Merfyn Jones 7 Ireland and British Politics, 1900-1939 102 D. George Boyce 8 Women and Politics, 1900-1939 118 Christine Collette Part II Britain and the World 9 Immigrants, Sojourners and Refugees: Minority Groups in Britain, 1900-1939 137 Anne J. Kershen 10 British Foreign Policy, 1900-1939 152 G. H. Bennett 11 The British Armed Forces, 1900-1939 167 David French 12 The Empire, 1900-1939 182 Martin Kitchen 13 The British Economy and the Empire, 1900-1939 198 B. R. Tomlinson 14 Britain in the International Economy, 1900-1939 212 Tim Rooth 15 The State and the Economy, 1900-1939 229 M. W. Kirby Part III Social and Economic Developments 16 The City of London and British Banking, 1900-1939 249 R. C. Michie 17 Agriculture, Agrarian Society and the Countryside 270 Peter Dewey 18 Transport, 1900-1939 286 Colin Divall 19 Industry and Services: Employment and Unemployment 302 K. D. Brown 20 Industrial Relations in Britain, 1900-1939 319 Arthur J. McIvor 21 Social Structure, 1900-1939 337 Andrew Miles 22 Consumption and Consumer Behaviour 353 Sue Bowden 23 Social Welfare: Public and Private, 1900-1939 373 Keith Laybourn 24 Housing and Town Planning, 1900-1939 388 Helen Meller 25 Medicine and Public Health, 1900-1939 405 Steven Cherry 26 Education, 1900-1939 424<...
