British History

Over the course of the twentieth century, British social conditions and expectations have improved significantly, as has economic performance. This work addresses the complexities of Britain's changing character, providing an accessible introduction to the economic and social development of modern B..

Over the course of the twentieth century, British social conditions and expectations have improved significantly, as has economic performance.  War and work, political and social movements, technological and cultural change have all played their part in creating the Britain of today.  _x000D_ 20th C..

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Combining data, summary and analysis with thematic overviews and chronological outlines, A History of British Elections since 1689 represents a unique single-volume authoritative reference guide to British elections and electoral systems from their early origins to the present day...

Combining data, summary and analysis with thematic overviews and chronological outlines, A History of British Elections since 1689 represents a unique single-volume authoritative reference guide to British elections and electoral systems from their early origins to the present day...

Aiming to avoid technical terminology, Richard McKinley provides an introduction to the history of hereditary surnames in Britain from their first appearance to the present day. Devoting a chapter to each of the main categories of name, he enables readers to set the facts they discover about their o..

Aiming to avoid technical terminology, Richard McKinley provides an introduction to the history of hereditary surnames in Britain from their first appearance to the present day. Devoting a chapter to each of the main categories of name, he enables readers to set the facts they discover about their o..

A History of England, Volume 2 (1688 to the Present), focuses on the key events and themes of English history since 1688. Topics include Britain's emergence as a great power in the 18th century, the American War for Independence, the Industrial Revolution, and the economic crisis of the 1970s...

This title, first published in 1981, draws from an extensive range of national and local material, and examines how innovations in policy and administration frequently created or disclosed fresh difficulties, and brought different types of people into the administration and management of prisons, wh..

Rich in detail but vigorous, authoritative and unsentimental, A History of Modern Wales is a comprehensive and unromanticised examination of Wales as it was and is. It stresses both the long-term continuities in Welsh history, and also the significant regional differences within the principality...

Rich in detail but vigorous, authoritative and unsentimental, A History of Modern Wales is a comprehensive and unromanticised examination of Wales as it was and is. It stresses both the long-term continuities in Welsh history, and also the significant regional differences within the principality...

The three volumes weave together the histories of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales and their peoples. Volume III includes the decline of Victorianism and the rise of Modernism, the impact of two world wars, and the partition of Ireland...