ABSTRACT

A History of England, Volume 2 (1688 to the Present), focuses on the key events and themes of English history since 1688. Topics include Britain's emergence as a great power in the 18th century, the American War for Independence, the Industrial Revolution, and the economic crisis of the 1970s.

chapter 16|20 pages

War and Society

chapter 17|15 pages

An Age of Stability: 1714-1760

chapter 19|15 pages

The Intellectual Transformation

chapter 20|14 pages

Politics in the Regin of George III

chapter 21|16 pages

Diplomacy and War in the Age of Revolution

chapter 22|16 pages

Conservatism, Liberalism, and Reform

chapter 23|17 pages

An Age of Prosperity

chapter 24|20 pages

Victorianism

chapter 25|16 pages

The British Empire

chapter 26|19 pages

An Age of Crisis: 1873-1914

chapter 27|19 pages

Britain and World War I

chapter 28|18 pages

Britain Between the Wars

chapter 29|16 pages

Britain and World War II

chapter 30|17 pages

Life in Socialist Britain

chapter 31|31 pages

Britain: 1945-2012