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Informationen zum Autor JEREMY BLACK is one of the country's most respected historians. Andrew Roberts described him as the 'most underrated thinker in Britain'. He is a Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange and Emeritus Professor of History at Exeter University and a renowned expert on the history of war. He appears regularly on TV and radio. His other books include Maps and History , The British Seaborne Empire and Rethinking World War Two . Klappentext From the Great Exhibition to the Credit Crunch - the transformation of Britain from the world's greatest nation to the present day. Leading historian! Jeremy Black! completes the landmark four volume Brief History of Britain series with a brilliant! insightful examination of how present day Britain was formed. From the Great Exhibition to the Credit Crunch - the transformation of Britain from the world's greatest nation to the present day Zusammenfassung This fourth and final volume in the wonderfully concise Brief HIstory of Britain series begins with Queen Victoria opening the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park. This was high-water mark of British achievement - the nation at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution, at the heart of a burgeoning Empire, with a queen who would reign for another fifty years. During the ensuing 150 years, Britain has faced turmoil and transformation. But it is too simple to talk of decline. In the concluding volume of this landmark four-volume series, Jeremy Black explores issues such as whether Great Britain has sacrificed its identity in order to stay part of the present world order. This is an insightful examination of how present-day Britain was formed.
