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James I: The Prerogative Challenged |
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333 | (22) |
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334 | (3) |
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337 | (3) |
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The Parliament of 1604--1610 |
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340 | (5) |
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345 | (1) |
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Degeneration in Government |
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345 | (7) |
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352 | (1) |
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353 | (2) |
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The Reign of Charles I to 1642 |
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355 | (19) |
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355 | (1) |
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The Clash with the Commons |
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356 | (5) |
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361 | (5) |
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The Bishop's Wars and the Short Parliament |
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366 | (2) |
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The First Years of the Long Parliament |
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368 | (3) |
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The Causes of the Civil War |
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371 | (3) |
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The Civil Wars and the Rule of the Saints |
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374 | (29) |
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How the Country Was Divided |
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374 | (1) |
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The Civil War, 1642--1646 |
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375 | (5) |
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Presbyterians and Independents |
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380 | (5) |
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The Commonwealth, 1649--1653 |
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385 | (4) |
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The Barebones Parliament and the Instrument of Government |
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389 | (3) |
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The Protectorate, 1653--1659 |
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392 | (2) |
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394 | (4) |
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398 | (3) |
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The End of the Protectorate |
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401 | (2) |
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Restoration and Revolution |
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403 | (23) |
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403 | (5) |
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408 | (2) |
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The Cabal and the Secret Treaty of Dover |
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410 | (2) |
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Danby, Political Parties, and Louis XIV |
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412 | (1) |
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413 | (1) |
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413 | (2) |
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415 | (2) |
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417 | (4) |
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421 | (5) |
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426 | (18) |
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William III, 1689--1702 and Mary II, 1689--1694 |
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426 | (1) |
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427 | (4) |
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William and English Politics |
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431 | (1) |
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431 | (1) |
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432 | (1) |
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433 | (11) |
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444 | (17) |
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444 | (1) |
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445 | (1) |
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446 | (5) |
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451 | (5) |
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Walpole and the Structure of Politics |
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456 | (5) |
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The Pelhams, Pitt, and the Seven Years' War |
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461 | (20) |
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461 | (2) |
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The War of the Austrian Succession, 1740--1748 |
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463 | (4) |
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467 | (1) |
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468 | (13) |
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Society in the Eighteenth Century |
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481 | (24) |
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Social Classes in the Country |
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481 | (5) |
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486 | (2) |
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488 | (4) |
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492 | (3) |
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495 | (5) |
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500 | (5) |
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George III and the American Revolution |
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505 | (24) |
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505 | (1) |
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506 | (7) |
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Lord North's Administration, 1770--1782 |
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513 | (1) |
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The Revolt of the American Colonies |
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514 | (11) |
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Radicals and Conservatives |
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525 | (4) |
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The Industrial Revolution |
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529 | (20) |
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Industry in the First Half of the Century |
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530 | (4) |
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Causes of the Quickening of Industry |
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534 | (10) |
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First Results of the Industrial Revolution |
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544 | (5) |
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The Younger Pitt and the Great War with France |
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549 | (24) |
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Political Instability, 1782--1784 |
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549 | (3) |
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552 | (2) |
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554 | (4) |
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558 | (1) |
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England and the French Revolution |
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559 | (2) |
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561 | (4) |
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The Peace of Amiens, 1802 |
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565 | (1) |
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566 | (5) |
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571 | (2) |
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Transition from War to Peace |
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573 | (23) |
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573 | (2) |
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Hard Times, Radicalism, and Repression |
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575 | (4) |
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The Beginning of a More Liberal Era |
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579 | (6) |
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585 | (2) |
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587 | (9) |
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Reform and Discontent, 1830--1846 |
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596 | (23) |
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596 | (8) |
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Lord Melbourne, 1834--1841 |
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604 | (3) |
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607 | (1) |
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608 | (3) |
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Peel's Administration, 1841--1846 |
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611 | (1) |
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611 | (4) |
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615 | (4) |
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619 | (28) |
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619 | (5) |
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624 | (1) |
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624 | (5) |
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629 | (4) |
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633 | (4) |
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637 | (4) |
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641 | (3) |
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644 | (1) |
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Palmerston's Last Ministry |
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645 | (2) |
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Gladstone and the Liberal Party, 1865--1886 |
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647 | (23) |
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647 | (4) |
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651 | (1) |
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Gladstone's First Administration, 1868--1874 |
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652 | (3) |
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Disraeli's Ministry, 1874--1880 |
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655 | (5) |
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Gladstone's Second Ministry, 1880--1885 |
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660 | (3) |
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Gladstone and Ireland, 1868--1886 |
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663 | (7) |
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Salisbury and Imperialism |
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670 | (23) |
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Salisbury's Second Ministry |
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670 | (4) |
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A Liberal Interlude, 1892--1895 |
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674 | (2) |
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676 | (6) |
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The Continental System of Alliances |
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682 | (2) |
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684 | (3) |
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687 | (2) |
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The Balfour Ministry, 1902--1905 |
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689 | (4) |
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693 | (27) |
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Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 1905--1908 |
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693 | (3) |
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696 | (2) |
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698 | (2) |
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700 | (3) |
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703 | (1) |
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704 | (4) |
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The First World War, 1914--1918 |
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708 | (12) |
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Politics and Depression, 1918--1931 |
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720 | (24) |
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Lloyd George and Postwar Problems |
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720 | (7) |
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The Conservatives in Power, 1922--1924 |
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727 | (2) |
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The First Labor Government, January to November 1924 |
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729 | (3) |
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Baldwin's Second Ministry, 1924--1929 |
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732 | (3) |
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735 | (1) |
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736 | (8) |
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The Struggle for Peace and the Second World War, 1931--1945 |
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744 | (28) |
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The National Government, 1931--1940 |
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744 | (11) |
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755 | (13) |
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The Home Front During the War |
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768 | (4) |
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Post-War Britain: 1945--1970 |
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772 | (29) |
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772 | (1) |
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Labor and the Welfare State |
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773 | (7) |
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The Transition to Conservative Government |
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780 | (1) |
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The Conservatives in Power |
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781 | (6) |
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787 | (2) |
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789 | (3) |
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From Empire to Commonwealth |
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792 | (4) |
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Society in Post-War Britain |
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796 | (5) |
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The Decline of Consensus Politics |
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Mrs. Thatcher and the Turn to the Right |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading |
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R-1 | |
| Appendix I: Heads of Cabinets and Prime Ministers; Chancellors of the Exchequer; Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs; Archbishops of Canterbury |
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| Appendix II: The Commonwealth of Nations |
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| Index |
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