ABSTRACT

 This compact and accessible reference work provides all the essential facts and figures about major aspects of modern British history from the death of Queen Anne to the end of the 1990s. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History has been extended to include a fully-revised bibliography (reflecting the wealth of newly published material in recent years), the new statistics on social and economic history and an expanded glossary of terms.  The political chronologies have been revised to include the electoral defeat of John Major and the record of New Labour in office. Designed for the student and general reader, this highly-successful handbook provides a wealth of varied data within the confines of a single volume.

part |147 pages

Political History

chapter |59 pages

Political Chronology

chapter |2 pages

Genealogical Charts

chapter |15 pages

Parliamentary Reform

chapter |15 pages

Other Parties

part |89 pages

Social and Religious History

chapter |4 pages

Population

chapter |7 pages

Education

chapter |8 pages

Social Reform

chapter |4 pages

Housing

chapter |3 pages

Environment

chapter |5 pages

Press and Broadcasting

chapter |11 pages

Crime and Police

chapter |3 pages

Local Government

chapter |21 pages

Labour

chapter |12 pages

Religion

part |29 pages

Economic History

chapter |2 pages

Agriculture

chapter |8 pages

Trade

chapter |6 pages

Prices and Wages

chapter |3 pages

Production

chapter |2 pages

Finance

chapter |1 pages

Unemployment

chapter |5 pages

Transport

part |63 pages

Foreign Affairs and Defence

chapter |20 pages

Military and Naval

chapter |10 pages

Treaties

chapter |16 pages

Ireland

chapter |10 pages

Imperial

chapter |5 pages

Europe