Hope and glory : Britain, 1900-1990
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Hope and glory : Britain, 1900-1990
(The Penguin history of Britain, 9)
Penguin Books, 1997
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Originally published: London : Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 1996
Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-431) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The last of nine volumes in "The Penguin History of Britain", this volume explains the political changes that transformed Britain in the 20th century and attempts to make sense of the fundamental social and economic changes as well as addressing Britain's position on the world stage.
Table of Contents
- Hands off the people's food, 1900-1908
- wait and see, 1908-16
- the man who won the war, 1916-22
- safety first, 1922-9
- economic blizzard, 1929-37
- guilty men, 1937-45
- let us face the future, 1945-55
- never had it so good, 1955-63
- in place of strife, 1963-70
- winters of discontent, 1970-79
- rejoice?, 1979-90. Appendix: governments and elections, 1895-1990.
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