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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |147 pages
Political History
chapter |59 pages
Political Chronology
chapter |1 pages
British Monarchs, 1702–2001
chapter |2 pages
Genealogical Charts
chapter |10 pages
Lists of Principal Ministers
chapter |15 pages
Parliamentary Reform
chapter |43 pages
Elections and Party Politics
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
Women, Society and Sexuality
chapter |5 pages
Press and Broadcasting
chapter |11 pages
Crime and Police
chapter |3 pages
Local Government
chapter |4 pages
Occupations and Social Structure
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