Longman Companion to Britain since 1945 (Longman Companions To History) - Softcover

Cook, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0582356741 ISBN 13: 9780582356740

Publisher: Routledge, 2000

Synopsis

This timely new edition of the Longman Companion to Britain since 1945 (compiled by the series editors themselves) provides a wide-ranging compendium of key facts and figures on British history from the start of the landmark Attlee government in 1945 to the final years of the 1990s. The book embraces all major aspects of British history, government and society, reflecting the massive social, political and economic changes that have transformed the face of Britain since the end of the Second World War. Fully revised and updated, this new edition covers the advent of Tony Blair, the electoral victory of New Labour in 1997 and the major constitutional changes currently underway in Britain. This book will be invaluable to anyone interested in the history and politics of post-war Britain - from students and teachers to party activists and lovers of reader-friendly reference books.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Each volume in the Longman Companions to History series, under the General Editorship of Chris Cook and John Stevenson, provides a handy reference work to a major area of historical study, and is written by a leading scholar in the field.
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This timely new edition of the Longman Companion to Britain since 1945 (compiled by the Series Editors themselves) provides a wide-ranging compendium of key facts and figures on British history from the start of the landmark Attlee government in 1945 to the final years of the 1990s. The book embraces all major aspects of British history, government and society, reflecting the massive social, political and economic changes that have transformed the face of Britain since the end of the Second World War. Fully revised and updated, this new edition covers the advent of Tony Blair, the electoral victory of New Labour in 1997 and the major constitutional changes currently underway in Britain. This book will be invaluable to anyone interested in the history and politics of post-war Britain - from students and teachers to party activists and lovers of reader-friendly reference books.

Among the many features to be found in the second edition are:
· A Political Chronology updated to cover the Blair administration
· Extended coverage of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
· New material on Elections and Electoral Systems, both European and national
· Extended profiles of the Political Parties, with additional details of leadership elections
· Updated statistics on Social and Economic History, with fuller coverage of transport developments, women in society and education
· Extended coverage of Immigration and Race Relations
· Facts and figures on Britain and the European Union
· More than 125 fact-packed Biographies of leading personalities
· A Glossary of Terms including the new vocabulary of the 1990s
· An extensive, fully-updated theme-based Guide to Further Reading

CHRIS COOK is a Visiting Research Fellow at the British Library of Political and Economic Science. JOHN STEVENSON is a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford.
HARD COVER Front flap of jacket

Each volume in the Longman Companions to History series, under the General Editorship of Chris Cook and John Stevenson, provides a handy reference work to a major area of historical study, and is written by a leading scholar in the field.
___________________________________________________________________________

This timely new edition of the Longman Companion to Britain since 1945 (compiled by the Series Editors themselves) provides a wide-ranging compendium of key facts and figures on British history from the start of the landmark Attlee government in 1945 to the final years of the 1990s. The book embraces all major aspects of British history, government and society, reflecting the massive social, political and economic changes that have transformed the face of Britain since the end of the Second World War. Fully revised and updated, this new edition covers the advent of Tony Blair, the electoral victory of New Labour in 1997 and the major constitutional changes currently underway in Britain. This book will be invaluable to anyone interested in the history and politics of post-war Britain - from students and teachers to party activists and lovers of reader-friendly reference books.

Among the many features to be found in the second edition are:
· A Political Chronology updated to cover the Blair administration
· Extended coverage of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
· New material on Elections and Electoral Systems, both European and national
· Extended profiles of the Political Parties, with additional details of leadership elections
· Updated statistics on Social and Economic History, with fuller coverage of transport developments, women in society and education
· Extended coverage of Immigration and Race Relations
· Facts and figures on Britain and the European Union
· More than 125 fact-packed Biographies of leading personalities
· A Glossary of Terms including the new vocabulary of the 1990s
· An extensive, fully-updated theme-based Guide to Further Reading
Back flap of jacket

The authors:

CHRIS COOK is a Visiting Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and former Head of the Modern Archives Survey at the British Library of Political and Economic Science.

JOHN STEVENSON is a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford.
Back of jacket
LONGMAN COMPANIONS TO HISTORY

General Editors: CHRIS COOK and JOHN STEVENSON

The following Companions to History are now available:

Renaissance Europe, 1390-1530 Britain since 1945
Stella Fletcher (Second Edition)
Chris Cook and John Stevenson

The European Reformation Germany since 1945
Mark Greengrass Adrian Webb

The Tudor Age The European Union since 1945
Rosemary O'Day Alasdair Blair
The Stuart Age, 1603-1714 Imperial Russia, 1695-1917
John Wroughton David Longley

Britain in the Eighteenth Century, 1688-1820
Jeremy Gregory & John Stevenson

Napoleonic Europe
Clive Emsley

European Nationalism, 1789-1920
Raymond Pearson

Britain in the Nineteenth Century, 1815-1914
Chris Cook

European Decolonisation
Muriel E. Chamberlain

The Labour Party, 1900-1998
Harry Harmer

The Middle East since 1914
(Second Edition)
Ritchie Ovendale

Russia since 1914
Martin McCauley

America, 1910-1945
Patrick Renshaw

Britain, 1914-45
Andrew Thorpe

Nazi Germany
Tim Kirk

America, Russia and the Cold War, 1941-1998
(Second Edition)
John W Young

About the Author:

Chris Cook is a Visiting Research Fellow at the British Library of Political and Economic Science.

John Stevenson is a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0582356741
• ISBN 13: 9780582356740
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 368