Making Thatcher's Britain - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107012384 ISBN 13: 9781107012387

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Margaret Thatcher was one of the most controversial figures of modern times. Her governments inspired hatred and veneration in equal measure, and her legacy remains fiercely contested. Yet assessments of the Thatcher era are often divorced from any larger historical perspective. This book draws together leading historians to locate Thatcher and Thatcherism within the political, social, cultural and economic history of modern Britain. It explores the social and economic crises of the 1970s; Britain's relationships with Europe, the Commonwealth and the United States; and the different experiences of Thatcherism in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The book assesses the impact of the Thatcher era on class and gender, and situates Thatcherism within the Cold War, the end of Empire and the rise of an Anglo-American 'New Right'. Drawing on the latest available sources, it opens a wide-ranging debate about the Thatcher era and its place in modern British history.

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Book Description

Margaret Thatcher's governments inspired hatred and veneration in equal measure and her legacy remains fiercely contested. Yet assessments of the Thatcher era are often divorced from any larger historical perspective. Here leading historians situate Thatcher and Thatcherism in the context of modern Britain's political, social, cultural and economic history.

About the Author

Ben Jackson is a University Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of University College. He is the author of Equality and the British Left (2007).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1107012384
• ISBN 13: 9781107012387
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Ben Jackson, Robert Saunders