Britain, 1846-1964: The Challenge of ChangeSpecially written for the new AS and A2 examinations, this book combines extended period cover with detailed focus on topics selected by awarding bodies. The key political issues of the period are dealt with, beginning in 1846, when Britain was the industrial superpower of the world and ending in 1964 when her international role was substantially diminished. · Lively, concise narrative provides students with the essential knowledge they need, with key questions and summaries in each chapter to help students focus on the important issues · 'Spotlights' provide detailed study of primary and secondary sources and help develop students' powers of analysis and argument · 'Document Exercises' give plenty of opportunities for assessment and exam practice · 'Interpretations' sections provide an introduction to recent scholarship and historical debate and encourage students to evaluate interpretations for themselves · For ease of use, a contents map indicates coverage of the major awarding body specifications and highlights opportunities for Key Skills and ICT activities |
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and Lord Palmerston | 1852 |
Parties in change 18461865 and Lord Palmerston 10 | 1859 |
Britain and Ireland 18681921 AS Britain 18951918 | 1895 |
Britain and Ireland 18681921 A cursed relationship? 44 | 1896 |
The Conservative Ascendancy 18851905 The Hotel Cecil 64 | 1906 |
The British Empire 18701914 The greatest empire in the history of the world? 80 | 1928 |
Foreign Policy 18901914 | 1934 |
Liberal Party 19061935 | 177 |
The decline of the Liberal Party 19061935 Hit by a Bus | 178 |
Conservative Labour National Rule by pygmies? | 188 |
Economic and social issues 19181939 Hungry years for some but by no means for all | 208 |
British foreign policy 19191939 The failure of collective security and appeasement | 226 |
The Second World War A good war? | 250 |
Labour in power 194551 A2 Britain 191851 | 256 |
Labour in power 194551 Building the New Jerusalem | 258 |
Foreign Policy 18901914 Eat or be eaten 92 | 1946 |
Votes for Women 18671928 | 120 |
The last Liberal government 19051915 I smell the blood of a plutocrat | 140 |
The First World War and its effects Catastrophe | 160 |
The decline of | 171 |
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