Mastering Modern British History (Macmillan Master S.) - Softcover

Lowe, Norman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0333510305 ISBN 13: 9780333510308

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1989

Synopsis

This student textbook has been revised and updated to bring the story of contemporary British history up to 1988 and the third Thatcher government. The text contains an enlarged section of questions, taken from specimen examination papers, which will help students prepare for the demands of GCSE.

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Review:

'This is a carefully compiled book, containing a wealth of information...A great deal of material is got across in an economical, no-nonsense way, and I think that is highly commendable.' - Paul Readman, Kings College, UK

'I think the clarity of organization and presentation of this text is one of its major strengths. Everything is where you would expect it to be and I know that students who use this text find it clear and helpful.' - John Traynor, Ormskirk School, UK

From the Publisher:

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Contents: Introduction

Britain Under the Tories 1815-1830

Foreign Affairs 1815-30

Parliament and the Great Reform Act of 1832

Whig Reforms and Failures 1833-41

Chartism

Sir Robert Peel. The Conservatives and the Corn Laws 1930-46

Domestic Affairs 1946-67: Russell, Gladstone, Disraeli and the Reform Act of 1867

Lord Palmerston and Foreign Affairs 1830-65

The Crimean War 1854-56

Britain, India and the Mutiny of 1857

Social Reform: Factories, Mines, Public Health and Education

Gladstone's First Ministry 1868-74

Disraeli and the Conservatives in Power 1874-80

Victorian Prosperity and Depression

Gladstone and Salisbury 1880-95

Ten Years of Conservative Rule 1895-1905

The Dominions: Canada, Australia and New Zealand Before 1914

The Growth of the Trade Unions and the Labour Party to 1914

The State and the People from the 1890's to 1939

The Liberals in Power 1905-14

Britain, the First World War and its Aftermath

Politics in Confusion 1918-24

Baldwin, the Conservatives and the General Strike

The Second Labour Government 1929-31, the World Economic Crisis and the National Governments

Britain and the Problems of Empire Between the Wars

Appeasement and the Outbreak of the Second World War: Foreign Affairs 1931-39

Britain and the Second World War 1939-45

Labour in Power: the Attlee Governments 1945-51

The Rise and Fall of Consensus 1951-79

Britain and its Parts: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Britain and her Place in the World after 1945

Thatcherism and the New Right 1979-97

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0333510305
• ISBN 13: 9780333510308
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 680