Reader's guide to British history
By: David Loades, editor.
Contributors: Loades, D. M.
Publisher: Fitzroy Dearborn
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1500
Subjects: Great Britain -- History -- Encyclopedias.
Genres: Encyclopedias.
Other titles: British history
Description: "A masterful attempt to describe the historical secondary literature of the British Isles -- from prehistory to the present day -- the set is comprised of substantial essays of 1,000 to 3,000 words each on a wide array of subjects -- all written by pre-eminent scholars in language accessible to beginning students and advanced researchers. Each listed essay title is given a thorough annotation."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, p. 1443-1536) and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. A to L; title: v. 2. M to Z, index.