ABSTRACT
In the momentous period -- barely 30 years -- covered by this systematic reference/guide, the Edwardian world was transformed unrecognisably, through war, technological progress and social change, into the Nuclear Age. It saw the coming of mass democracy, the apogee of empire, the Depression, the threat of fascism, the development of suburban society, and, as yet scarcely understood, the end of Britain's international hegemony. Andrew Thorpe's superb contribution to the Companions series illuminates all this and much else. It will be indispensable to anyone interested in the history and politics of modern Britain.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |44 pages
Political history
chapter |8 pages
Political chronology
chapter |1 pages
The monarchy
chapter |3 pages
Ministers
chapter |4 pages
Elections
chapter |10 pages
Party politics
chapter |8 pages
Other parties
chapter |3 pages
Pressure groups
chapter |2 pages
Machinery of government
chapter |3 pages
Local government
part |32 pages
Social history
chapter |4 pages
Population and migration
chapter |3 pages
Education
chapter |5 pages
Health, social welfare and poverty
chapter |3 pages
Housing
chapter |3 pages
Gender and sexuality
chapter |4 pages
Crime and police
chapter |4 pages
The news media
chapter |4 pages
Religion
part |34 pages
Economic history
chapter |3 pages
Trade
chapter |3 pages
Prices and wages
chapter |4 pages
Employment and unemployment
chapter |3 pages
Agriculture
chapter |4 pages
Industry
chapter |5 pages
Labour and trade unions
chapter |7 pages
Finance and taxation
chapter |3 pages
Transport and communications
part |38 pages
Foreign affairs, defence and the Empire
chapter |5 pages
The armed forces and defence
chapter |5 pages
The First World War
chapter |6 pages
Second World War
chapter |7 pages
Major treaties
chapter |3 pages
Ireland
chapter |10 pages
Empire
part |18 pages
Biographies
part |16 pages
Glossary of terms
part |38 pages
Topic bibliography