This addition to The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations provides an updated, clear, and concise history of Great Britain that will be of value to undergraduates and to a general readership
This updated and expanded volume serves as an introduction to the history of Great Britain, from prehistory to the present. Guiding the reader through complex developments in politics, economics, culture, and empire, this book helps readers to understand how the four kingdoms of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland have come together and split apart over centuries of change.
Chronologically arranged chapters will help readers to better understand British history as it includes pre-Roman Britain, Britain's Tudors, the Reformation, and World Wars I and II, in addition to current events such as Brexit and others for which Theresa May has been prime minister. A timeline, a glossary, and an appendix of significant individuals in the history of Great Britain help to round out the text. The strong narrative line allows readers to understand the ways in which Great Britain has both responded to and guided global changes in economics and class, gender and race, and the politics of expansionism and nativism.
- 320 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
The History of Great Britain
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Series Foreword
- Preface
- Timeline of Historical Events
- 1 Great Britain Today
- 2 Roman and Anglo-Saxon Britain
- 3 Medieval Britain
- 4 Britain under the Tudors
- 5 Stuart Britain, the Republic, and Restoration
- 6 William III to William IV: 1689–1837
- 7 Britain in the Victorian Age
- 8 A New Century: Britain under Edward VII and George V
- 9 Decades of Crisis: 1930–1955
- 10 Consensus, Antagonism, and Decay: Britain 1955–1979
- 11 A New Era, 1979–2001: The Thatcher Revolution and the Rise of New Labour
- 12 Whither Britain?
- Notable People in the History of Great Britain
- Bibliographic Essay
- Index
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