The British Isles 1901-1951

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-19-873196-2
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 302 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

The 'British Isles' entered the twentieth century as a single state 'Great Britain and Ireland' with a 'British Empire' greater in extent and larger in population than the world had ever seen. The first fifty years of the new century saw vast change both at home and abroad, much of it the result of Britain's involvement in the two world wars. At home, the separate path of Ireland became steadily more clear-cut, whilst abroad, the 'Dominions' increasingly saw themselves and acted as independent entities. Finally, with the withdrawal from the Indian sub-continent in 1947, the writing was on the wall for the British Empire. Each chapter in this volume focuses on a specific aspect of the rapidly changing historical landscape of British history in this period: politics, economics, society, culture, the wars, and foreign policy, combining specialist attention to each area with an emphasis on their interconnectedness.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robbins, Keith

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction: Halfway House - Isles and Empire over half a century

- 1: Keith Jeffery: British Isles/British Empire: dual mandate/dual identity

- 2: Duncan Tanner: Electing the governors/the governance of the elect

- 3: Keith Robbins: The British Way and Purpose

- 4: Siân Nicholas: Being British: creeds and cultures

- 5: David Dutton: Unity and disunity: The price of victory

- 6: W.R. Garside: Declining advantage: The British economy

- 7: Rodney Lowe: Riches, poverty, and progress

- Conclusion: decline and progress

- Further Reading

- Chronology

- Maps

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Keith Robbins is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter, and Senior Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales. His publications include The First World War (OUP 1985) and A Bibliography of British History 1914-1989 (OUP 1996).