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Events that changed Great Britain since 1689 / edited by Frank W. Thackeray & John E. Findling.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--History--1485-.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 217 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
- Contents:
- 1. The Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-c. 1850 1
- Interpretive Essay / David Mitch 6
- 2. The Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 19
- Interpretive Essay / Frederick M. Stowell 25
- 3. The Napoleonic Wars, 1789-1815 37
- Interpretive Essay / S. J. Stearns 43
- 4. Pax Britannica, 1815-1914 57
- Interpretive Essay / Lowell J. Satre 61
- 5. The Reform Act of 1832 75
- Interpretive Essay / Thomas C. Mackey 80
- 6. The Great Exhibition of 1851 93
- Interpretive Essay / Diana J. Reynolds 98
- 7. Sinn Fein and the Suffragettes: The Movements for Irish Independence and Women's Suffrage, c. 1880-1921 113
- Interpretive Essay / Kenneth L. Campbell 118
- 8. World War I, 1914-1919 133
- Interpretive Essay / Larry P. Thornton 138
- 9. World War II, 1939-1945 153
- Interpretive Essay / George P. Blum 159
- 10. The Thatcher Era, 1979-1990 173
- Interpretive Essay / Richard A. Leiby 179
- Appendix B Ruling Houses and Monarchs, 1689-Present 201
- Appendix C Prime Ministers 203.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313316864
- OCLC:
- 48892710
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