20th Century Britain: Economic, Cultural and Social Change
by Carnevali,FrancescaEdition: 2nd
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Pub. Date: 2007-05-17
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary
Twentieth-Century Britain is an engaging introduction to modern British history. It provides an up-to-date study of economic, social and cultural changes in the last century. The new edition is entirely re-written to ensure it is completely up to date with current concerns and developments in the field Discusses subjects that are hot topics in the media at the moment, for example, consumerism, immigration and race relations, the role of the State Each chapter is written by a different expert, ensuring that all aspects of the subject are of the highest possible quality Offers a richly illustrated analysis of Twentieth Century Britain
Author Biography
Paul Johnson is Reader in Social History, London School of Economics
Dr Julie-Marie Strange teaches at BirkbeckCollege, Universityof London
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| The Long Twentieth Century | |
| The British Economy | |
| Modernity and Modernism | |
| Class and Gender | |
| Britain's changing position in the international economy | |
| War and national identity since 1914 | |
| Themes Pre-1945 | |
| Suffrage and Citizenship | |
| Motoring and modernity | |
| The First World War and its aftermath | |
| Depression and recovery | |
| Consumption, consumer credit cards and the diffusion of consumer durables | |
| The role of the state: Taxation, citizenship and welfare reforms | |
| Leisure | |
| Youth | |
| Themes Post-1945 | |
| Managing the economy, managing the people | |
| Immigration, multiculturalism and racism | |
| The retreat of the state in the 1980s and 1990s | |
| Trade unions: Rise and decline | |
| Sexuality | |
| Poverty and social exclusion | |
| Religion and ?secularization' | |
| Britain and Europe | |
| Education and opportunity | |
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