A Companion to Early Twentieth-Century Britain

by Editor: Chris Wrigley (Nottingham University, UK)

• ISBN13: 9780470998816
• ISBN10: 0470998814
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This Companion brings together thirty-two new essays by leading historians to provide a reassessment of British history in the early twentieth century. The contributors present lucid introductions to the literature and debates on major aspects of the political, social and economic history of Britain between 1900 and 1939. 32 new essays provide a reassessment of the period 1900-1939. Covers political, social and economic history. Examines controversial issues over the social impact of the First World War especially on women. Includes a substantial bibliography, which will be a valuable guide to secondary sources.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Introduction

British Political Life:

The Conservative Party: From Crisis to Ascendancy

The Liberal Party: Summit and Descent

Politics of the Labor Movement

The Politics of National Efficiency and of War, 1900û18

Scottish Issues in British Politics

Wales and British Politics

Ireland and British Politics

Women and Politics

Britain and the World:

Immigrants, Sojourners and Refugees: Minority Groups in Britain

British Foreign Policy

The British Armed Forces

The Empire

The British Economy and the Empire

Britain in the International Economy

The State and the Economy

Social and Economic Developments:

The City of London and British Banking

Agriculture, Agrarian Society and the Countryside

Transport

Industry and Services: Employment and Unemployment

Industrial Relations in Britain

Social structure

Consumers and Consumer Behaviour

Social Welfare: Public and Private

Housing and Town Planning

Medicine and Public Health

Education

CrimePolice and Penal Policy

Leisure and Sport in Britain

Religion

Culture in the Sceptr'd Isle

Impact of the First World War

Britishness

Bibliography of Secondary Sources

Index

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