UID:
almafu_9959327773402883
Format:
1 online resource (xx, 578 pages)
ISBN:
9781405165822
,
1405165820
,
1405123133
,
9781405123136
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9780470998816
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0470998814
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9780631217909
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0631217908
,
1280284447
,
9781280284441
,
9780470998823
,
0470998822
Series Statement:
Blackwell companions to British history
Content:
This companion brings together 32 new essays by leading historians to provide a reassessment of British history in the early 20th century. The contributors present lucid introductions to literature and debates on major aspects of the political, social and economic history of Britain.
Note:
The Conservative Party, 1900-1939 : from crisis to ascendancy / Philip Williamson -- The Liberal Party, 1900-1939 : summit and descent / Michael Bentley -- The politics of the labour movement, 1900-1939 / Duncan Tanner -- The politics of national efficiency and of war, 1900-1918 / G.R. Searle -- Scottish issues in British politics, 1900-1939 / I.G.C. Hutchison -- Wales and British politics, 1900-1939 / R. Merfyn Jones -- Ireland and British politics, 1900-1939 / Christine Collette -- Immigrants, sojourners and refugees : minority groups in Britain, 1900-1939 / Anne J. Kershen -- British foreign policy, 1900-1939 / G.H. Bennett -- The British armed forces, 1900-1939 / David French -- The empire, 1900-1939 / Martin Kitchen -- The British economy and the empire, 1900-1939 / B.R. Tomlinson -- Britain in the international economy, 1900-1939 / Tim Rooth -- The state and the economy, 1900-1939 / M.W. Kirby -- The city of London and British banking, 1900-1939 / R.C. Michie -- Agriculture, agrarian society and the countryside / Peter Dewey -- Transport, 1900-1939 / Colin Divall -- Industry and services : employment and unemployment / K.D. Brown.
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Industrial relations in Britain, 1900-1939 / Arthur J. McIvor -- Social structure, 1900-1939 / Andrew MIles -- Consumption and consumer behaviour / Sue Bowden -- Social welfare : public and private, 1900-1939 / Keith Laybourn -- Housing and town planning, 1900-1939 / Helen Meller -- Midicine and public health, 1900-1939 / Steven Cherry -- Education, 1900-1939 / Roy Lowe -- Crime, police and penal policy / Clive Emsley -- Leisure and sport in Britain, 1900-1939 / Peter J. Beck -- Religion, 1900-1939 / Stuart Mews -- Culture in the sceptr'd isle / Anthony Sutcliffe -- The impact of the First World War / Chris Wrigley -- Britishness / John K. Walton.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Companion to early twentieth-century Britain. Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003 ISBN 0631217908
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780631217909
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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English Studies
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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History.
DOI:
10.1002/9780470998823
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470998823
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470998823
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470998823
