Synopses & Reviews
A History of England, Volume II: 1688 to the Present incorporates recent scholarship into a master narrative that encompasses England's social, economic, cultural, intellectual, and political history. This account traces
how and
why critical events occurred. Other significant features:
- discusses events in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland as they affect developments in England.
- features in-depth treatment of England's involvement in the Second World. War.
- offers section headings, a list of monarchs and prime ministers, and improved maps.
- provides suggested Further Reading at the end of each chapter, focusing on the most important books on each era (updated to include recent publications).
- contains an updated narrative of events since 1990, including material on the fall of Margaret Thatcher and the victory of the Labour Party in 1997.
Table of Contents
16. War and Society
17. An Age of Stability: 1714-1760.
18. The Economic and Social Transformation of England: 1761-1815.
19. The Intellectual Transformation.
20. Politics in the Reign of George III.
21. Diplomacy and War in the Age of Revolution.
22. Conservatism, Liberalism, and Reform.
23. An Age of Prosperity.
24. Victorianism.
25. The British Empire.
26. An Age of Crisis: 1873-1914.
27. Britain and World War I.
28. Britain between the Wars.
29. Britain and World War II.
30. Socialist Britain: 1945-1990.
31. Life in Socialist Britain.