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Preface |
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1 Approaches to Britain's history |
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3 | (2) |
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The disputed British past |
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Political history; putting the Great in Britain |
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Labour and social history |
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9 | (2) |
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11 | (3) |
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14 | (3) |
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PART 2 An uncertain stability 1707 -79 |
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17 | (84) |
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19 | (19) |
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The making of Great Britain |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (4) |
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24 | (3) |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (2) |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (4) |
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36 | (2) |
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3 Power and society in rural Britain |
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38 | (13) |
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38 | (8) |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (3) |
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51 | (13) |
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51 | (3) |
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54 | (5) |
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59 | (5) |
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5 The Enlightenment and gender |
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64 | (13) |
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The nature of the Enlightenment |
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64 | (7) |
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The Enlightenment and gender |
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71 | (6) |
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77 | (24) |
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77 | (3) |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (3) |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (6) |
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91 | (10) |
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PART 3 The industrialising nation 1780 -1829 |
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101 | (88) |
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7 The Industrial Revolution |
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103 | (16) |
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103 | (3) |
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106 | (5) |
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111 | (5) |
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116 | (3) |
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119 | (16) |
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119 | (4) |
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123 | (4) |
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The standard of living debate |
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127 | (5) |
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132 | (3) |
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135 | (18) |
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135 | (4) |
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139 | (2) |
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141 | (2) |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (2) |
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146 | (2) |
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148 | (5) |
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153 | (14) |
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153 | (3) |
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156 | (3) |
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159 | (2) |
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161 | (3) |
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164 | (3) |
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11 Challenges to the political system |
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167 | (22) |
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167 | (2) |
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The impact of the French Revolution |
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169 | (7) |
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176 | (2) |
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178 | (11) |
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PART 4 The dominant nation 1830 -79 |
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189 | (128) |
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12 The making of an urban society |
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191 | (16) |
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191 | (6) |
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197 | (4) |
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Poverty, policing and children |
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201 | (6) |
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207 | (18) |
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207 | (8) |
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215 | (2) |
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Blight and depression in Ireland and Scotland |
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217 | (2) |
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Agricultural improvement and society |
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219 | (6) |
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14 Class, gender and religion |
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225 | (16) |
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225 | (4) |
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229 | (6) |
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235 | (6) |
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15 Responses to industrial change |
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241 | (13) |
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241 | (2) |
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243 | (3) |
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246 | (3) |
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249 | (5) |
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16 Politics in transition |
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254 | (22) |
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254 | (6) |
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260 | (3) |
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Politics without cohesion |
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263 | (3) |
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266 | (1) |
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Liberals, Tories and reform |
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267 | (3) |
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Gladstone's first ministry |
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270 | (2) |
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272 | (4) |
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17 The growth of the state |
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276 | (17) |
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276 | (1) |
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277 | (2) |
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279 | (7) |
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Factory and mines' reform |
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286 | (2) |
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288 | (5) |
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293 | (24) |
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293 | (2) |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (6) |
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302 | (2) |
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304 | (1) |
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305 | (12) |
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PART 5 The imperial heyday 1880 -1918 |
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317 | (134) |
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19 Britain and its Empire |
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319 | (20) |
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Approaching empire and imperialism |
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319 | (1) |
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Indian revolt, African scramble |
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320 | (2) |
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322 | (4) |
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326 | (4) |
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330 | (4) |
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334 | (5) |
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20 The late-Victorian and war economy |
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339 | (17) |
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Did the late-Victorian economy fail |
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343 | (8) |
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Rural society and economy |
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351 | (2) |
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The war economy 1914---19 |
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353 | (3) |
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356 | (14) |
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356 | (2) |
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358 | (3) |
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361 | (4) |
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365 | (1) |
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366 | (4) |
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22 People, society and culture |
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370 | (15) |
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370 | (1) |
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Trade unions and the Labour movement |
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371 | (4) |
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375 | (4) |
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379 | (3) |
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382 | (3) |
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23 Political change 1880 -1901 |
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385 | (15) |
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385 | (3) |
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388 | (2) |
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Salisbury's first ministry |
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390 | (2) |
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392 | (1) |
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Salisbury's second ministry |
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393 | (2) |
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395 | (1) |
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396 | (4) |
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24 Edwardian politics 1901 -14 |
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400 | (16) |
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400 | (2) |
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402 | (1) |
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403 | (4) |
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407 | (3) |
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410 | (4) |
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414 | (2) |
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25 The British road to war |
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416 | (14) |
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416 | (2) |
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418 | (3) |
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German and Russian relations |
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421 | (3) |
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424 | (2) |
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426 | (2) |
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428 | (2) |
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430 | (21) |
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430 | (3) |
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433 | (3) |
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436 | (2) |
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438 | (3) |
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441 | (1) |
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442 | (1) |
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443 | (1) |
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444 | (7) |
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PART 6 War and the end of empire 1919 -63 |
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451 | (112) |
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27 The economy in peace and war |
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453 | (12) |
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453 | (2) |
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Recovery and war 1933 -45 |
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455 | (4) |
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Did the interwar economy succeed? |
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459 | (2) |
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From austerity to prosperity 1946 ---63 |
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461 | (2) |
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463 | (2) |
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28 Political change 1919 -39 |
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465 | (16) |
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465 | (4) |
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469 | (1) |
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470 | (1) |
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471 | (2) |
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Conservative government 1924 ---9 |
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473 | (2) |
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Labour government 1929 ---31 |
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475 | (2) |
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477 | (2) |
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479 | (2) |
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481 | (16) |
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481 | (3) |
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484 | (7) |
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491 | (3) |
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494 | (3) |
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30 People, society and culture |
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497 | (15) |
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503 | (6) |
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509 | (3) |
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31 From Attlee to Macmillan 1945 -63 |
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512 | (15) |
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512 | (2) |
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514 | (4) |
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Winston Churchill as peace Prime Minister |
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518 | (1) |
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519 | (1) |
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The Macmillan years 1957 -63 |
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520 | (7) |
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527 | (13) |
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527 | (2) |
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529 | (7) |
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The end of the welfare state? |
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536 | (4) |
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540 | (23) |
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The concept of the Commonwealth |
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540 | (1) |
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541 | (6) |
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547 | (5) |
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The Mediterranean and the West Indies |
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552 | (4) |
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556 | (7) |
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PART 7 The reshaping of Bntain 1964 -2007 |
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563 | (98) |
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34 Economic modernisation |
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565 | (16) |
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565 | (4) |
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Economic decline or transformation? |
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The European Union 1974 -2007 |
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574 | (2) |
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Work, education and trade unions |
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576 | (2) |
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578 | (3) |
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35 Black Britain: ethnic minorities and multiculturalism |
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581 | (15) |
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Patterns of migration, work and settlement |
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585 | (3) |
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Multiculturalism and resistance to it |
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588 | (2) |
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Discrimination and rights |
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590 | (2) |
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592 | (4) |
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36 Media, youth and society |
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596 | (12) |
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596 | (3) |
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599 | (4) |
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Whatever happened to class? |
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603 | (5) |
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608 | (13) |
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608 | (7) |
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615 | (2) |
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617 | (4) |
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38 Politics from Wilson to Brown |
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621 | (20) |
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621 | (3) |
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Heath's government 1970 -4 |
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624 | (2) |
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Labour government 1974 ---9 |
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626 | (1) |
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Margaret Thatcker 1979 -90 |
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627 | (6) |
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633 | (1) |
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The `Troubles' in Northern Ireland 1969 -98 |
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634 | (3) |
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Blair and Brown from 1997 |
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637 | (4) |
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39 Fragmentation and Europeanisation of Britain |
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641 | (20) |
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641 | (6) |
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647 | (2) |
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Labour and Europe 1964 -79 |
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649 | (1) |
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Towards the European Union 1979 -2007 |
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650 | (3) |
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Blair, Brown and Europe from 1997 |
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