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Longman Companion to Britain Since 1945 Chris Cook

Longman Companion to Britain Since 1945 von Chris Cook

Longman Companion to Britain Since 1945 Chris Cook


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Zusammenfassung

This text provides essential facts and commentary on all aspects - political, diplomatic, military, social, economic, environmental and religious - of Britain since 1945. The book looks at local government and at Britain's place in the wider world as well as successive national administrations.

Longman Companion to Britain Since 1945 Zusammenfassung

Longman Companion to Britain Since 1945 Chris Cook

This new Companion to History book embraces the fifty years from the start of the Attlee administration in 1945 to the Conservative leadership contest of 1995. It includes: social history, from population figures, education, housing, social policy, to the changing status of women, and environmental issues; Britain and international affairs, covering aspects such as the European Union, the Commonwealth, the major postwar conflicts, and terrorism; and over 120 concise biographies of key personalities. It will be an essential aid to anyone studying or teaching postwar Britain.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section I: Political history 1.Political chronology. 2.Principal ministers. 3.Elections. 4. Party Politics. 5. Other parties. 6. Machinery of government. 7. Local government. 8. Trade unions. 9. Northern Ireland. Section II: Social history 1. Population and migration. 2. Education. 3. Health, social welfare and poverty. 4. Housing. 5.Environment and pollution. 6. Women. 7. The media. 8. Crime and police. 9. Religion. 10. Immigration and race relations. 11. Civil liberties and censorship. 12. Gay and lesbian rights. Section III: Economic history 1. Economic policy. 3. Prices and incomes. 4. Industry. 5. Employment and unemployment. 6.Transport. 7. Nationalization and privatization. Section IV: The Wider World 1. The European Union 2. The Commonwealth. 3. Defence policy. 4. Major conflict. 5. Terrorism involving British targets. Section V: Biographies. Section VI: Glossary of terms. Section VII: Topic Biography. 1. General texts. 3. Decolonization and foreign policy. 4. The domestic policy of the Conservative governments, 1951-64. 5. The Labour government of 1964-70. 6. The trade unions and British governments since 1945. 7. Welsh and Scotish nationalism. 8. The 1970s. 9. The Northern Ireland crisis. 10. Third party politics and electoral reform since 1945. 11. Women's history and the feminist movement. 12. Foreign policy and defence since 1964. 13. The Thatcher era and after. Maps. Index

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Longman Companion to Britain Since 1945 Chris Cook
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Pearson Education Limited
1995-11-13
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