A History of the Peoples of the British Isles: From 1870 to the PresentVolume III deals with the 'long twentieth century'. Its main themes are: * the contraction of British industrial power and the shift to a service-based economy * the decline of Victorianism and the rise of Modernism * the climax of class society between the wars and the blurring of class lines after the 1960s * the impact of two world wars * the decline of British power and the empire * the partition of Ireland * the devolution of power to Wales and Scotland. |
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Contents
Crisis of Confidence 18701914 | |
Revival on the Celtic Fringe | |
Politics and the State 18671914 | |
Empire and Diplomacy in the Age of Imperialism 1870 | |
An Age of Total War 19141945 | |
Ireland Leaves | |
Politics Power and the Coming of War 19191939 | |
Britain and World War II | |
Britain in the Postwar World 19452000 | |
Politics and Foreign Relations 1945 | |
The Celtic | |
Thatchers Britain 19701990 | |
Britain from the 1990s to the Millennium | |
Appendixes | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of the Peoples of the British Isles: From 1870 to the Present |
| Author | Thomas Heyck |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2019 |
| ISBN | 1134415133, 9781134415137 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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