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Twentieth-century Britain : a very short introduction / Kenneth O. Morgan.

Summary:

"Kenneth O. Morgan's Very Short Introduction to twentieth-century Britain examines the forces of consensus and of conflict in twentieth-century Britain. The account covers the trauma of the First world War and the social divisions of the twenties; fierce domestic and foreign policy debates in the thirties; the impact of the Second World War for domestic transformation, popular culture and the loss of empire; the transition from the turmoil of the seventies to the aftermath of Thatcherism and the advent of New Labour. Profound tensions that shook the United Kingdom are juxtaposed against equally deep forces for stability, cohesion, and a sense of historic identity."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 019285397X
ISBN: 9780192853974
Physical Description: 128 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm.
Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Text originally published in: The Oxford illustrated history of Britain. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1984.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-114) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. The First World War -- 2. The Twenties -- 3. The Thirties -- 4. The Second World War -- 5. The Post-War World -- 6. From the Seventies to the Nineties -- 7. Towards the Millennium.