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The British Isles since 1945

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  • Contributor: Burk, Kathleen
    Date:
    Issued
    2013
    Summary:

    Since 1945 Great Britain has experienced the loss of the empire, economic decline and recovery, entry into Europe, evolution into a multicultural society and devolution. In this book, six historians each take a theme and set out the fundamental nature and development of each.

    Contents:
    • Introduction / Kathleen Burk
    • 1. Governors, governance, and governed: British politics since 1945 / John Turner
    • 2. Economic growth, economic decline / Jim Tomlinson
    • 3. Tradition and transformation: society and civil society in Britain, 1945-2001 / Jose Harris 4. Two cultures - one - or many? / Peter Mandler
    • 5. Britain and the world since 1945: narratives of decline or transformation? / David Reynolds
    • 6. Ireland 1945-2001: between 'Hope and History' / Dermot Keogh
    • Conclusion: fin de siecle / Kathleen Burk.
    Genre:
    History and geography
    Sujets: Great Britain | Ireland | Civilization
    Original Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003
    Language(s): English