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'.
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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
- FC
- Half title
- Also available from Bloomsbury by Jeremy Black
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Telling the story
- 2 The history to 1400
- 3 1400–1750
- 4 Britain becomes the world power, 1750–1900
- 5 From 1900 to the present
- 6 Conclusions
- Note
- Selected further reading
- Index
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