Title: The eclipse of a great power : modern Britain, 1870-1992 /
Authors: Robbins, Keith.
Publisher: Longman,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Great Britain History; Great Britain History
Abstract: " ... Explores the achievements, ambiguities and tensions of the nation at home--the problems of British industry ; the relationship of town and country ; the democratization of education, recreation and culture ; and the shifting patterns of religious belief and unbelief"--Cover, p. [4].
Contents: 1870-1901. The nature of the United Kingdom ; Crown Imperial ; The imperial island and the European mainland ; The defence of the realm ; The approach of democracy ; The mature economy ; Town and country ; Recreation and education ; Creeds and cultures -- 1901-1931. Goodbye to all that : war and peace ; Into Europe -- and back again ; British Empire to British Commonwealth ; Reshaping the United Kingdom : Britian and Ireland ; Democratic participation and the parties ; The end of the Free Trade era ; Town and country ; Battles of the mind and body ; Waltzing through the Waste Land -- 1931-1956. Europe : snare or opportunity? ; The last great British war ; The British Commonwealth and the road to Suez ; Party politics ; Depression and recovery ; A kingdom united ; Town and country (planning) ; Education and sport ; Cultures and creeds -- 1956-1975. Britain and the European Economic Community ; Britain in the Commonwealth of Nations ; Retreat from world power ; A United Kingdom in doubt ; The two-party system in difficulties ; The sick economy ; Town and country : the end ; All for education -- and sport for all ; Cultures, creeds and values -- 1976-1992. Labour decline and the emergence of Thatcher, 1974-1983 ; The Conservative ascendency ; A question of culture? ; Britain in the European Community ; Britain in the world ; Unity and division.