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The new edition of The Peoples of the British Isles presents the history of the peoples of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales from prehistoric times to the present. Through the frameworks of cultural, intellectual, and social history, the authors examine the conflicts and commonalities among the people of these four nations. The book focuses throughout on the lives of real people-how they made a living, how they organized their society and institutions, how they related to each other, and how they understood themselves and their world. This volume covers the period leading up to the First World War through present day Britain.Major themes covered in this volume include:* the expansion and decline of the British empire placed in the context of the changing global economic order* the wide-ranging impact of total war* cultural and economic history of the welfare state* the emerging fluidity of "Britishness" in a period of mass immigration and political devolution Features of the new edition:* Full and fair treatment of the Celtic countries of the British Isles and their interactions and conflicts with England* Expanded discussion on Thatcher's Britain including sections on Thatcher's First Government, The Big Bang of 1986, and Thatcher's industrial policies in the context of global post-industrialization* New discussions on Post-Thatcher Britain including sections on Blair's Britain, the economic collapse of 2008, and emerging Islamism* Fully incorporated, expanded coverage of popular culture including discussions of Tolkien, pop art, rock and roll, and television soap operas* Fully incorporated, expanded coverage of women'sA issues including updated look at changes in women's roles during and after the wars, the impact of the "permissive society" and consumerism on gender roles* expanded map program and suggested readings throughout
Contents
* Part I The Decline of Victorian Britain, 1870-1914*1 Troubles in Economy and Society, 1870-1914* The Late-Victorian Economy, 1870-1900* Edwardian False Dawn, 1900-1914* Social Change: The Class System* The Working Class: A Life Apart* Social Change: Gender Roles and Relations* The Women's Movement* Suggested Reading*2 Crisis of Confidence, 1870-1914* Scientific Naturalism* New Liberalism* Socialism* Aestheticism* Suggested Reading*3 Revival on the Celtic Fringe* Wales: Industry, Nonconformity, and Nationalism* Scotland: Industry, Liberalism, and Identity* Ireland: From the Famine to the Home Rule Movement* Ireland: From Home Rule to Cultural Renaissance* Ireland: Cultural Renaissance to the Brink of Civil War* Suggested Reading*4 Politics and the State, 1867-1914* The 1867 Reform Act* The Impact of the Reform Act of 1867* Gladstone and Disraeli* Home Rule and British Politics* New Unionism and the Rise of Labour* The Triumphs of New Liberalism, 1906-1910* The Trials of Liberalism, 1910-1914* Suggested Reading*5 The British Empire and the Coming of War, 1870-1914* The Imperial Idea* Great Power Rivalries and Imperial Expansion* The South African War, 1899-1902* Britain and Europe: From Isolation to Alliance* The Drift into War, 1905-1914* Suggested Reading* Part II An Age of Total War, 1914-1945*6 The Great War, 1914-1918* The Course of War, 1914-1916* The Combat Experience* The Home Front* Wartime Politics* War's End, 1917-1918* Counting the Cost* Social and Cultural Consequences* Suggested Reading*7 The War and the Celtic Countries: Ireland Leaves the Union, 1914-1923* The Impact of the Great War on Scotland and Wales* Ireland and the Great War, 1914-1916* The Easter Rebellion, 1916* The Advent of Sinn Fein* The Anglo-Irish War and the Treaty of 1921* Civil War in Ireland, 1922-1923* Epilogue: Ireland, 1921-1939* Suggested Reading*8 Economy, Society, and Culture Between the Wars, 1919-1939* The British Economy between the Wars* Trade Unions, Class Conflict, and the General Strike of 1926* Society between the Wars* Popular Culture* High Culture* Suggested Reading*9 Politics, Power, and the Coming of War, 1919-1939* The Structure of Politics and Government* The Lloyd George Government, 1918-1922* MacDonald and Baldwin* British Power and Interests between the Wars* Chamberlain and the Coming of War, 1937-1939* Suggested Reading*10 Britain and World War II* Standing Alone, September 1939 to June 1941* The Turn of the Tide, June 1941 to January 1943* The War at Home* Victory, January 1943 to August 1945* Counting the Costs* Suggested Reading* Part III Britain in the Postwar World, 1945-2014*11 Welfare, Affluence, and Consensus: Culture and Society, 1945-1970* Building the Welfare State, 1945-1951* From Austerity to Affluence, 1945-1970* Gender, Class, and Race in the Affluent Society* The Permissive Society* The Culture of Austerity and Affluence* Suggested Reading*12 Illusions of Power: International and Domestic Politics, 1945-1970* The Structure of Government and Politics* Labour and the Problems of Empire, 1945-1951* The Tory Years, 1951-1964* Suez and After* Labour's Recovery and Fall, 1964-1970* The General Election of 1970* Suggested Reading*13 The End of Consensus, 1970-1990* Entering the Postindustrial Age: Economic Troubles and Cultural Crisis in the 1970s* The Heath Government, 1970-1974* The Labour Governments, 1974-1979* Thatcher and Thatcherism* Thatcher's First Government, 1979-1983* From Thatcherism's Zenith to Thatcher's Fall, 1983-1990* Thatcher's Britain* Suggested Reading*14 Post-Thatcher Britain, 1990-2014 * The Troubled Times of John Major, 1990-1997* Tony Blair and the Rise of New Labour* Blair's Britain* The Collapse of 2008: Economic Crisis and Political Confusion*"Britishness" in the Twenty-first Century* British Society and Culture in the Twenty-first Century* Suggested Reading*15 The Question of Britain: The Celtic Countries, 1945-2014* Wales, 1945-1997* Scotland, 1945-1997* The Other Island* The Return of the Troubles to Northern Ireland* The Long Road toward Peace in Northern Ireland* Devolution: Peace in Northern Ireland but the End of Britain?* Suggested Reading* Appendixes* A Kings and Queens of Great Britain, 1870-2014* B Chief Cabinet Ministers, 1868-2014 * Index
