A history of modern Britain : 1714 to the present / Ellis Wasson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wasson, Ellis Archer, 1947- author.

Series:

New York Academy of Sciences Ser.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--1714-1837.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--20th century.

Great Britain--History--21st century.

Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (466 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Now available in a fully-revised and updated second edition, A History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the Present provides a comprehensive survey of the social, political, economic and cultural history of Great Britain from the Hanoverian succession to the present day. * Places Britain in a global context, charting the rise and fall of the British empire and the influence of imperialism on the social, economic, and political developments of the home country * Includes revised sections on imperialism and the industrial revolution that have been updated to reflect recent scholarship, a more reflective view on New Labour since its demise, and an all new section on the performance of the Conservative - Lib/Dem coalition that came into office in 2010 * Features illustrations, maps, an up-to-date bibliography, a full list of Prime Ministers, a genealogy of the royal family, and a comprehensive glossary explaining uniquely British terms, acronyms, and famous figures * Spans topics as diverse as the slave trade, the novels of Charles Dickens, the Irish Potato Famine, the legalization of homosexuality, coalmines in South Wales, Antarctic exploration, and the invention of the computer * Includes extensive reference to historiography

Contents:

The transformation of Britain, 1688-1713

The British Isles in 1714

A new beginning, 1714-62

War and revolution, 1763-1814

A united kingdom, 1815

Reform, 1816-41

Imperial Britain, 1842-84

New century, 1885-1913

The United Kingdom, 1914

War and peace and war, 1915-39

The warfare and welfare state, 1940-79

"New" Britain, 1980-2008.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118869000

1118869001

9781118868980

1118868986

OCLC:

935248729