A History of England, Volume 2: 1688 to the Present [Paperback]

16. War and Society? 17. An Age of Stability: 17141760? 18. The Economic and Social Transformation of England: 17611815? 19. The Intellectual Transformation? 20. Politics in the Reign of George III? 21. Diplomacy and War in the Age of Revolution? 22. Conservatism, Liberalism, and Reform? 23. An Age of Prosperity? 24. Victorianism? 25. The British Empire? 26. An Age of Crisis: 18731914? 27. Britain and World War I? 28. Britain Between the Wars? 29. Britain and World War II? 30. Life in Socialist Britain? 31. Britain: 19452012? 32. The End of Socialism?: Britain, 19792022

The seventh edition of this two-volume narrative of English history draws on the most up-to-date primary and secondary research, encouraging students to interpret the full range of England's social, economic, cultural, and political past from its first inhabitants to the 2020s.

The seventh edition of this two-volume narrative of English history draws on the most up-to-date primary and secondary research, encouraging students to interpret the full range of England's social, economic, cultural, and political past from its first inhabitants to the 2020s.

A History of England, Volume 2: 1688 to the Present focuses on the key social, economic, cultural, environmental, intellectual, and political events and themes of English history since 1688. Topics include Britain's emergence as a great power in the eighteenth century, the American War for Independence, the Industrial Revolution, and the economic crisis of the 1970s. The text discusses events in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland as they affected developments in England. The second volume features an in-depth treatment of the origins and course of the First and Second World Wars and provides an updated analysis of developments since 2012, including an account of Britains withdrawal from the European Union; the resignations of David Cameron, Boril£.