A Short History of Britain
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A Short History of Britain

  1. 207 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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A Short History of Britain

About this book

Covering over 2,000 years in under 200 pages, Jeremy Black takes the reader on a breathless tour of British history, providing invaluable context for students of any period. A truly British overview, this book covers all four constituent parts of the UK, as well as migration to and from Britain, and introduces questions of national identity and collective memory.

The author begins by considering how the geography of Britain has influenced its development and goes on to examine the formation of its society and political culture. Resisting the Whiggish tradition of triumphalist national histories, Jeremy Black provides a balanced and sensitive account in his trademark pithy style.

This new edition has been considerably revised and expanded, bringing the coverage right up to the present day, including what the Scottish referendum on independence says about the nature of modern 'Britishness'.

Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781472586667
Edition
2
eBook ISBN
9781472586674
Topic
History
Subtopic
British History
Index
History
10
A 
SHORT 
HISTORY 
OF 
BRITAIN
Methink 
my 
moiety 
[share], 
north 
from 
Burton 
[on 
Trent] 
here, 
In 
quantity 
equals 
not 
one 
of 
yours.
By 
1900, 
thanks 
to 
mass 
education, 
knowledge 
of 
the 
country’s 
shape 
was 
much 
more 
widespread, 
providing 
a 
clear 
spatial 
context 
for 
the 
understanding 
of 
the 
national 
past. 
This 
understanding, 
however, 
has 
been 
eroded 
in 
recent 
decades 
as 
the 
appreciation 
of 
physical 
geography 
and 
its 
effects 
has 
diminished. 
Motorways 
have 
been 
punched 
through 
ranges 
of 
hills, 
with 
the 
M40, 
for 
example, 
making 
the 
Chilterns 
appear 
no 
obstacle.
Shifts 
in 
popular 
interest 
and 
knowledge 
influence 
the 
context 
within 
which 
historical 
perspectives 
could, 
and 
can, 
be 
grasped 
and 
expressed. 
The 
frames 
of 
historical, 
geographical 
and 
cultural 
reference 
have 
all 
changed 
greatly, 
and 
this 
affects 
both 
the 
under-
standing 
of 
the 
past 
and 
the 
exposition 
of 
it. 
At 
the 
same 
time, 
part 
of 
the 
fascination 
of 
the 
past 
is 
what 
it 
tells 
us 
about 
a 
changing 
present.

Table of contents

  1. FC
  2. Half title
  3. Also available from Bloomsbury by Jeremy Black
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Preface
  9. 1 Telling the story
  10. 2 The history to 1400
  11. 3 1400–1750
  12. 4 Britain becomes the world power, 1750–1900
  13. 5 From 1900 to the present
  14. 6 Conclusions
  15. Note
  16. Selected further reading
  17. Index

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