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KlappentextNow available in a fully-revised and updated second edition, A History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the Present provides a comprehensive survey of the social, political, economic and cultural history of Great Britain from the Hanoverian succession to the present day.
Places Britain in a global context, charting the rise and fall of the British empire and the influence of imperialism on the social, economic, and political developments of the home country
Includes revised sections on imperialism and the industrial revolution that have been updated to reflect recent scholarship, a more reflective view on New Labour since its demise, and an all new section on the performance of the Conservative - Lib/Dem coalition that came into office in 2010
Features illustrations, maps, an up-to-date bibliography, a full list of Prime Ministers, a genealogy of the royal family, and a comprehensive glossary explaining uniquely British terms, acronyms, and famous figures
Spans topics as diverse as the slave trade, the novels of Charles Dickens, the Irish Potato Famine, the legalization of homosexuality, coalmines in South Wales, Antarctic exploration, and the invention of the computer
Includes extensive reference to historiography
ELLIS WASSON is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of History at the University of Delaware. He is the author of seven books, including Aristocracy and the Modern World (2006) and Born to Rule: British Political Elites (2000), and he has published more than two dozen articles on the history of British politics and European landed society in scholarly journals.
Places Britain in a global context, charting the rise and fall of the British empire and the influence of imperialism on the social, economic, and political developments of the home country
Includes revised sections on imperialism and the industrial revolution that have been updated to reflect recent scholarship, a more reflective view on New Labour since its demise, and an all new section on the performance of the Conservative - Lib/Dem coalition that came into office in 2010
Features illustrations, maps, an up-to-date bibliography, a full list of Prime Ministers, a genealogy of the royal family, and a comprehensive glossary explaining uniquely British terms, acronyms, and famous figures
Spans topics as diverse as the slave trade, the novels of Charles Dickens, the Irish Potato Famine, the legalization of homosexuality, coalmines in South Wales, Antarctic exploration, and the invention of the computer
Includes extensive reference to historiography
ELLIS WASSON is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of History at the University of Delaware. He is the author of seven books, including Aristocracy and the Modern World (2006) and Born to Rule: British Political Elites (2000), and he has published more than two dozen articles on the history of British politics and European landed society in scholarly journals.
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Weitere ISBN/GTIN9781118868980
ProduktartE-Book
EinbandartE-Book
FormatPDF
Format Hinweis2 - DRM Adobe / Adobe Ebook Reader
FormatFormat mit automatischem Seitenumbruch (reflowable)
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2015
Erscheinungsdatum02.12.2015
Auflage2. Auflage
Seiten464 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Dateigrösse17312 Kbytes
Artikel-Nr.3232265
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Genre9201