| PART ONE The Age of Improvement: 1830 to 1851 |
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3 | (16) |
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Alexis de Tocqueville and the Britain of 1830 |
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3 | (4) |
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The Demand for Constitutional Reform |
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7 | (4) |
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11 | (3) |
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Significance and Aftermath |
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14 | (5) |
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19 | (13) |
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19 | (3) |
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22 | (2) |
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24 | (5) |
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29 | (3) |
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The Curious Years of Laissez-Faire |
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32 | (30) |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (6) |
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40 | (2) |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (4) |
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The Trend Toward Laissez-Faire |
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47 | (3) |
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The Trend Toward State Intervention |
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50 | (3) |
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The Victorian Regulatory State |
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53 | (5) |
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58 | (4) |
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62 | (13) |
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Britain's Place in the World |
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62 | (4) |
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The Foreign Policy of Palmerston |
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66 | (3) |
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Anglo-American and Anglo-Chinese Relations |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (5) |
| PART TWO The Mid-Victorian Years: 1851 to 1873 |
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75 | (60) |
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Prosperity, Propriety, and Progress |
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77 | (28) |
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77 | (5) |
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82 | (3) |
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85 | (7) |
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The Cult of Respectability |
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92 | (4) |
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96 | (3) |
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The Critics of Victorianism |
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99 | (6) |
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105 | (16) |
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106 | (6) |
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American Division and German Unification |
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112 | (2) |
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114 | (5) |
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119 | (2) |
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The Reform Bill of 1867: Causea and Consequences |
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121 | (14) |
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121 | (4) |
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125 | (4) |
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The First Gladstone Ministry |
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129 | (6) |
| PART THREE The Late-Victorian Year: 1873 to 1900 |
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135 | (76) |
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137 | (22) |
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The Curious ``Great Depression'' |
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137 | (7) |
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Liberals and Conservatives |
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144 | (4) |
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The Disraeli Ministry of 1874--1880 |
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148 | (7) |
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Gladstone's Second Ministry (1880--1885) |
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155 | (4) |
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159 | (14) |
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The Nineteenth-Century Background |
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159 | (2) |
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161 | (4) |
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165 | (5) |
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The Second Home Rule Bill |
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170 | (3) |
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173 | (18) |
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The Causes of Imperialism |
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173 | (5) |
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178 | (5) |
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The Role of Joseph Chamberlain |
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183 | (3) |
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186 | (5) |
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Society and Social Reform |
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191 | (20) |
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191 | (2) |
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193 | (2) |
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195 | (2) |
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197 | (2) |
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The Decline of Laissez-Faire |
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199 | (6) |
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Social Reform and Politics |
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205 | (6) |
| PART FOUR The early Twentieth Century: 1900 to 1924 |
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211 | (90) |
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The Rocky Road to the Welfare State |
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213 | (31) |
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213 | (5) |
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218 | (1) |
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The Conservative Decline (1900--1905) |
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219 | (3) |
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The Liberal Revival (1905--1908) |
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222 | (5) |
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Asquith, Churchill, and Lloyd George |
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227 | (4) |
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231 | (3) |
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The Twentieth-Century Constitution |
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234 | (3) |
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Suffragettes and Syndicalists |
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237 | (4) |
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241 | (3) |
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The Roundabout Road to War |
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244 | (16) |
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245 | (3) |
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248 | (2) |
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250 | (5) |
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255 | (5) |
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260 | (18) |
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The Fighting Fronts (1914--1915) |
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260 | (3) |
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The Home Front (1914--1915) |
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263 | (3) |
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266 | (4) |
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War on Sea and Land (1915--1917) |
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270 | (4) |
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274 | (4) |
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The Consequences of the Peace |
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278 | (23) |
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278 | (2) |
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280 | (6) |
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286 | (2) |
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The Twenties: Economy and Society |
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288 | (5) |
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293 | (3) |
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The First Labour Government |
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296 | (5) |
| PART FIVE The Shadow of Depression and War: 1924 to 1956 |
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301 | (88) |
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The False Dawn and The Great Depression |
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303 | (20) |
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The General Strike and After |
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304 | (3) |
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307 | (2) |
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The Second Labour Government |
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309 | (2) |
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311 | (4) |
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The Depression and British Society |
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315 | (5) |
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320 | (3) |
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323 | (15) |
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The Rise of Totalitarianism |
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323 | (1) |
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323 | (7) |
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330 | (1) |
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331 | (1) |
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332 | (2) |
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334 | (4) |
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338 | (22) |
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339 | (1) |
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Churchill Becomes Prime Minister |
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340 | (2) |
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342 | (4) |
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346 | (5) |
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Forging the Grand Alliance |
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351 | (2) |
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353 | (7) |
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Social Security and International Insecurity |
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360 | (29) |
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The General Election of 1945 |
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360 | (3) |
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Nationalization and Social Security |
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363 | (4) |
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367 | (6) |
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Imperial Twilight: Asia and the Middle East |
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373 | (4) |
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377 | (4) |
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The Elections of 1950 and 1951 |
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381 | (3) |
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384 | (1) |
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385 | (4) |
| PART SIX Post-Imperial Britain: 1956 to 1979 |
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389 | (52) |
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The Decline of Empire and the Mood of the 1960s |
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391 | (27) |
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392 | (2) |
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Twilight of Empire: Africa |
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394 | (4) |
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398 | (2) |
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Troubles of the Early 1960s |
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400 | (4) |
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The First Move to Join Europe |
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404 | (2) |
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The Elections of 1964 and 1966 |
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406 | (4) |
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410 | (4) |
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414 | (4) |
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The Stormy 1970s: The Age of Stagflation |
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418 | (23) |
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The General Election of 1970 |
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419 | (1) |
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420 | (3) |
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423 | (2) |
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The Northern Ireland Question |
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425 | (4) |
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429 | (3) |
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The General Elections of 1974 |
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432 | (4) |
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The Callaghan Years (1976--1979) |
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436 | (5) |
| PART SEVEN Contemporary Britain: Since 1979 |
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441 | (42) |
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The Thatcher Era and After (1979--1997) |
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443 | (25) |
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The First Year (1979--1982) |
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443 | (4) |
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The Split in the Labour Party |
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447 | (2) |
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The Falkland Islands War(1982) |
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449 | (3) |
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452 | (3) |
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Education, Health, and Housing |
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455 | (2) |
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The Northern Ireland Question Once More |
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457 | (2) |
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The General Election of 1987 |
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459 | (1) |
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Thatcher's Last Years (1987--1990) |
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460 | (3) |
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463 | (2) |
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The Government of John Major (1990--1997) |
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465 | (3) |
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Entering the 21st Century: The Tony Blair Era |
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468 | (15) |
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The General Election of 1997 |
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468 | (2) |
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470 | (1) |
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The Federalization of the United Kingdom |
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471 | (3) |
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474 | (9) |
| Appendix |
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483 | (10) |
| Bibliography |
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493 | (34) |
| Index |
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