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Zusatztext Review from previous edition an outstanding work: comprehensive! lucid and judicious. Informationen zum Autor Kenneth O. Morgan is Research Professor, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and Honorary Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford. He was Principal, then Vice-chancellor, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and Professor in the University of Wales, 1989-95. He was made a Life Peer in April 2000. Klappentext This penetrating analysis is the first comprehensive study by a professional historian of British history from 1945 to the present day. It examines the transformation of post-war Britain from the planning enthusiasm of 1945 to the rise of New Labour. Using a wide variety of sources, including the records of political parties and the most recently released documents from the Public Records Office, Kenneth Morgan brings the story right up to date and draws comparisons with the post-war history of other nations. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive and widely acclaimed study of British history since 1945 has been fully updated and expanded to include a chapter on the rise of New Labour. This edition contains some further updating. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: THE ERA OF ADVANCE! 1945-1961 ; The Facade of Unity; Labour's High Noon! 1945-1947 ; The Collectivist Retreat! 1948-1951 ; The Conservative Compromise! 1951-1956 ; The Zenith of One-Nation Toryism! 1957-1961 ; PART II: THE YEARS OF RETREAT! 1961-1979 ; The Stagnant Society! 1961-1964 ; Labour Blown Off Course! 1964-1967 ; Years of Hard Slog! 1968-1970 ; The Heath Experiment! 1970-1974 ; Labour's Final Term! 1974-1976 ; The Years of Discontent! 1977-1979 ; PART III: THATCHERISM AND ITS AFTERMATH! 1979-1998 ; The Foundations of Thatcherism! 1979-1983 ; High Noon for the New Right! 1983-1990 ; Fin de Siecle: The Rise of New Labour! 1990-1998 ; Conclusion
