State and society : a social and political history of Britain since 1870
Pugh, Martin2012
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4th edition. Subtitled, }A Social & Political History Of Britain Since 1870{. As a vigorous interpretation of political and social developments in Britain since the late-Victorian era, State and Society has rapidly become one of the most respected and widely read introductions to the history of modern Britain. In this new edition, the account is updated to take in the decline of New Labour, the financial crisis and the Coalition Government. Pugh examines not only the changes in the political and social spectrums but also those elements of continuity linking the past with more recent history. He closes with an assessment of the continuing dilemmas of national unity - encompassing both positive and negative aspects, from the Royal Wedding to immigration and the defence cuts.
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Edition:
4th ed.
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2012.
Collation:
xiii, 417 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index
Contents:
List of illustrations List of tables and figures Preface and Acknowledgements Part I The Loss of Confidence, 1870-1902 1 The retreat of the Industrial Revolution 2 Not quite a democracy 3 The Victorian state and its people 4 Victorian values: myth and reality 5 The British nation: unity and division 6 Isolation and expansion Part II The Reorientation: The Emergence of the Interventionist State, 1902-1918 7 The state, social welfare and the economy 8 The Liberal-Labour alliance 9 Crisis and controversy in Edwardian Britain 10 Politics and society in the Great War Part III The Period of Confusion: Collectivism versus Capitalism, 1918-1940 11 The failure of laissez-faire 12 Mass democracy in an age of decline 13 The era of domesticity 14 Imperial climax and decline Part IV Consensus: The Age of the Benign State, 1940-1970 15 The people's war 16 The Keynesian era 17 The permissive society 18 The loss of Great-Power status Part V The Era of Reaction and Decline, 1970-2011 19 The breakdown of the post-war consensus, 1970-1979 20 The era of Thatcherism 21 New Labour and the Blair era 22 The Coalition era Guide to Further Reading Index
ISBN:
9781780930411 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.08
Language:
English
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BRN:
3848072
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