A History of the British Isles (Palgrave Essential Histories Series) - Hardcover

Black, Professor Jeremy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333662814 ISBN 13: 9780333662816

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1996

Synopsis

'Do histories of Britain inevitably have to be histories of England? This is exactly where Jeremy Black comes into his own, for he delivers the history of the archipelago which he promises...the perspective of the work is wider and fuller than that of any other recent history. Black's work is also remarkable for the sense which it conveys of the power of broad social and cultural change.' - Times Educational Supplement Jeremy Black has written a vigorous and fascinating narrative of a group of rather desolate offshore islands and their remarkable impact upon the rest of the world. From the earliest pre-history to the 1990s, this stirring account describes the astonishingly varied stages through which the British Isles have passed to achieve their present identity.

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Review:

Review of the first edition:

'Do histories of Britain inevitably have to be histories of England?..This is exactly where Jeremy Black comes into his own, for he delivers the history of the archipelago which he promises...the perspective of the work is wider and fuller than that of any other recent history. Black's work is also remarkable for the sense which it conveys of the power of broad social and cultural change.' - Times Educational Supplement

About the Author:

JEREMY BLACK is Professor of History at the University of Exeter, and Editor of Archives. He is the author and editor of a number of books published by Palgrave Macmillan including Eighteenth-Century Britain (2001) and Modern British History (2000).

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0333662814
• ISBN 13: 9780333662816
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 372