This text is part of the "Standard Grade History" series providing narrative text integrated with a range of visual and written sources. Each chapter works from Upper Foundation and General Level material through to more detailed Credit Level text. This work in the series has been fully revised and updated and is divided into three chronological sections with links across content areas.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Standard Grade History .

There are 112 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 1998 by Hodder Arnold .

This book has the following chapters: 1830-80: Scotland and Britain in 1830; people at work - agriculture; people at work - industry; home and health; privilege, power and the people; enquiry skills - investigating. 1880s-1940s: changing Britain; changes on the land; industry; transport in the 20th century; home and health; votes for women; enquiry skills - investigating. 1945-present: Britain after the Second World War; people at work; transport since 1945; home and health; new politics - new parties; trade unions since the 1850s.