Discover Empire, Welfare State, Europe: English History, 1906-92

Empire, Welfare State, Europe: English History, 1906-92

Short Oxford History of the Modern World

No. of pages 598

Published: 1993

Great for age 12-18 years

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In the 20th century, England has lost an empire, built a welfare state, and begun to accept the idea of being part of Europe. Abroad, her relative power has declined; at home life has become more intolerable for the unfortunate and more secure for the majority of the people. This text surveys these two great currents of change and examines their political and economic implications. The edition has been revised to bring current events and the bibliography up-to-date. It includes a new chapter which brings the story right up to the General Election of 1992.

This book is part of a book series called Short Oxford History Of the Modern World .

There are 598 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 1993 by Oxford University Press .

This book has the following chapters: 1. Time of hope (1906-11); 2. Heedless of their fate (1911-14); 3. `Blow out, you bugles, over the rich dead' (1914-18); 4. Rooted in nothing (1918-22); 5. From the Carlton Club to the General Strike (1922-26); 6. The years of inaction (1926-31); 7. The National Government (1931-39); 8. The military side of the war (1939-45); 9. The domestic side of the war (1939-45); 10. The post-war world: dream and reality (1945-49); 11. The afterglow (1949-56); 12. They `never had it so good' (1957-61); 13. The overstrained economy (1961-67); 14. Cracking under the strain (1968-76); 15. The end of an old song (1976-85); 16. Withering away (1985-92)

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Short Oxford History of the Modern World

'an admirable text - informed, provocative, and highly readable - for any course on twentieth-century Britain' Journal of Modern History

'a very readable book, in a style that lends itself to its subject matter' General Education

'covers an extremely difficult period in some depth, and yet goes far beyond the political aspects to study the social and cultural life' History Today