A companion to contemporary Britain, 1939-2000 / edited by Paul Addison and Harriet Jones.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2005.
Description
xvi, 583 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

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Subject(s)
Related name
Series
Blackwell companions to British history. [More in this series]
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [556]-566) and index.
Contents
  • 1. The impact of the Second World War / Paul Addison
  • 2. The impact of the cold war / Harriet Jones
  • 3. Population and the family / Pat Thane
  • 4. Cities, suburbs, countryside / Mark Clapson
  • 5. Class / Arthur Marwick
  • 6. Immigration and racism / Wendy Webster
  • 7. Sport and recreation / Richard Holt
  • 8. Youth culture / Bill Osgerby
  • 9. Sexuality / Lesley A. Hall
  • 10. Economic 'decline' in post-war Britain / Jim Tomlinson
  • 11. The transformation of the economy / Hugh Pemberton
  • 12. The geography of economic change / P. W. Daniels
  • 13. Living standards and consumption / Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska
  • 14. Gender : change and continuity / Dolly Smith Wilson
  • 15. Welfare, poverty and social inequalities / Janet Fink
  • 16. Education / Roy Lowe
  • 17. Health / John Welshman
  • 18. Rewriting the unwritten constitution / Andrew Blick
  • 19. The secret state / Richard J. Aldrich
  • 20. Rethinking the 'rise and fall' of two-party politics / Steven Fielding
  • 21. The rise and disintegration of the working classes / Robert Taylor
  • 22. The growth of social movements / Holger Nehring
  • 23. Civil society / Nicholas Deakin
  • 24. The politics of devolution / Christopher Harvie
  • 25. The politics of Northern Ireland / Thomas Hennessey
  • 26. Britain in the world economy / Catherine R. Schenk
  • 27. The end of empire / Bill Schwarz
  • 28. The Anglo-American 'special relationship' / Michael F. Hopkins and John W. Young
  • 29. Britain and Europe / James Ellison
  • 30. British defence policy / Simon Ball.
ISBN
0631220402 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004021070
OCLC
60367825
International Article Number
  • 9780631220404
RCP
C - S
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