A Concise History of Britain, 1707-1975Cambridge University Press, 15.4.1993 - 210 sivua This book provides a concise, illustrated history of Great Britain over the past three centuries, from its formation as a sovereign state between the Union of England and Scotland in 1707 to its partial loss of sovereignty in the accession to the European Community, confirmed in the referendum result of 1975. Professor Speck emphasises political and social trends. In particular he argues that conservative politics prevailed largely in a deeply conservative society, and that reactionary causes generally obtained more support than radical campaigns. The book is highly illustrated with pictures and photographs and contains a bibliography and other features of use to students and general readers. |
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EIGHTEENTHCENTURY BRITAIN | 4 |
FROM THE ANGLOSCOTTISH UNION TO THE UNION WITH IRELAND | 18 |
NINETEENTHCENTURY BRITAIN | 50 |
FROM PITT TO PALMERSTON | 65 |
FROM THE SECOND REFORM ACT TO THE BOER WAR | 89 |
TWENTIETHCENTURY BRITAIN | 115 |
FROM THE BOER WAR TO THE FIRST LABOUR GOVERNMENT | 131 |
FROM BALDWIN TO ATTLEE | 155 |
FROM THE ACCESSION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH TO THE ENTRY INTO THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY | 179 |
EPILOGUE | 201 |
Monarch and ministries 17071976 | 202 |
Guide to further reading | 205 |
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Anglican appeal Asquith Baldwin became bill Boer boroughs Britain British by-election cabinet campaign candidates Catholics cent Chamberlain Charles James Fox Chartist church Churchill claim coalition Commons Conservatives constituencies contest counties defeated Disraeli Duke Earl economic eighteenth century election enfranchised English favour franchise Gaitskell Gladstone Gladstone's Harold Macmillan Harold Wilson held home rule House Hugh Gaitskell increased industrial Ireland Irish issue Jacobites Joseph Chamberlain King George Labour party landed elite landlords leader Liberal party Liberal Unionists Lloyd George London Lords manufacturing measures middle classes million ministry Nationalists obtained open constituencies opponents organised overall majority Palmerston parliament parliamentary Peelites peers Pitt political politicians polls population prime minister Protestant Queen radical Reform Act resigned rival Salisbury Scotland Scottish seats second Reform Act social society Stanley Baldwin strike Suez took Tories towns unemployment Victorian victory voters votes cast Walpole Westminster Whigs workers working-class Yorkshire