Updated for the 2013 Specification.

Give students in-depth, topic-focused content plus structured exam guidance for GCSE Edexcel History with this textbook written by experts and endorsed by Edexcel.

This series for Edexcel GCSE Modern World History has been written to encourage students to achieve the highest possible grades. It does this by combining detailed narrative and a rich variety of sources with a highly structured approach to gradually developing students' skills in answering exam-style questions as they work through the course.

Enable students to gain a good knowledge and understanding of the content by outlining and examining the key issues of the GCSE history topic in turn.

Develop students' enthusiasm for learning the topic through a variety of activities designed to engage and motivate them.

Help students feel secure in how they will be assessed by providing dedicated support in how to answer different exam-style questions, including exam-model answers, exam tips and commentary.

This book is part of a book series called Gcse Modern World History For Edexcel .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Hodder Education .

Steve Waugh is an experienced author of GCSE textbooks for a major awarding body.

This book has the following chapters: Chapter 1 The activities of the women's societies and the reaction of the authorities Chapter 2 Children's welfare measures, old age pensions Chapter 3 Labour Exchanges 1909, the National Insurance Act 1911 Chapter 4 The BEF and 1914 Chapter 5 Britain's contribution to the Western Front 1915-17 Chapter 6 The end of the war Chapter 7 DORA, censorship and propaganda Chapter 8 Recruitment and rationing Chapter 9 The part played by women Chapter 10 The changing role of women 1918-28 Chapter 11 Industrial unrest 1918-27 Chapter 12 The General Strike of 1926