{"product_id":"a-history-of-modern-britain-1714-to-the-present-paperback-softback-9781118869017","title":"A History of Modern Britain; 1714 to the Present (Paperback \/ softback) 9781118869017","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA History of Modern Britain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e1714 to the Present\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEllis Wasson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118869017, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 January 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e464 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17.3 x 2.2 cm, 0.703 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow available in a fully-revised and updated second edition, \u003ci\u003eA History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive survey of the social, political, economic and cultural history of Great Britain from the Hanoverian succession to the present day.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlaces Britain in a global context, charting the rise and fall of the British empire and the influence of imperialism on the social, economic, and political developments of the home country\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes revised sections on imperialism and the industrial revolution that have been updated to reflect recent scholarship, a more reflective view on New Labour since its demise, and an all new section on the performance of the Conservative – Lib\/Dem coalition that came into office in 2010\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures illustrations, maps, an up-to-date bibliography, a full list of Prime Ministers, a genealogy of the royal family, and a comprehensive glossary explaining uniquely British terms, acronyms, and famous figures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSpans topics as diverse as the slave trade, the novels of Charles Dickens, the Irish Potato Famine, the legalization of homosexuality, coalmines in South Wales, Antarctic exploration, and the invention of the computer\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes extensive reference to historiography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Maps xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Biographies xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eUniting the Kingdoms 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The British Isles in 1714 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: A New Beginning, 1714–62 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: War and Revolution, 1763–1814 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe British Century 99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: A United Kingdom, 1815 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Reform, 1816–41 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Imperial Britain, 1842–84 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: New Century, 1885–1913 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDividing the Kingdoms 233\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: The United Kingdom, 1914 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: War and Peace and War, 1915–39 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: The Warfare and Welfare State, 1940–79 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: \"New\" Britain, 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