Britain, 1951-2007
By: Michael Lynch
Edition: Second edition.
Series: Access to history; Access to history
Publisher: Hodder Education, an Hachette UK Company
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781471839115; 9781471839108; 9781471839092
Subjects: History; Politics and government; Social conditions; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945-; Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-; World politics -- 1945-; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain; Educational: History
Work titles: Britain, 1945-2007
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Notes: Previous edition: published as Britain, 1945-2007. London: Hodder Murray, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-253) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Cover; Book title; Contents; CHAPTER 1 The Labour Party in power 1945-51; 1 Labour's creation of the welfare state; 2 Labour's economic policy 1945-51; 3 Foreign affairs; 4 Labour's defeat 1951; 5 The legacy of the Labour governments 1945-51; CHAPTER 2 The Conservatives in office 1951-64; 1 The Churchill and Eden governments 1951-7; 2 Key debate; 3 Macmillan's government 1957-63; 4 Britain's relations with Europe; 5 The Conservatives' last years 1963-4; 6 The Labour Party 1951-64; CHAPTER 3 Years of consensus 1964-79; 1 Wilson's government 1964-70; 2 Heath's government 1970-4; title: 3 Labour in office 1974-94 British relations with China and the USSR; 5 British policies in Northern Ireland 1969-79; 6 Social developments; CHAPTER 4 The Thatcher revolution 1979-90; 1 Thatcherism: the first stage; 2 The Falklands War 1982; 3 The miners' strike 1984-5; 4 Thatcherism: the second stage; 5 Foreign affairs and Ireland; 6 The Labour Party during the Thatcher years; CHAPTER 5 From Thatcherism to New Labour 1990-2001; 1 The fall of Margaret Thatcher 1990; 2 Margaret Thatcher's legacy; 3 Key debate; 4 John Major's government 1990-7; 5 New Labour 1994-7; title: 6 Tony Blair's first administration 1997-2001CHAPTER 6 New Labour in the new century 2001-7; 1 The elections of 2001 and 2005; 2 The New Deal continued 2001-7; 3 New Labour and the economy; 4 Tony Blair and Europe; 5 Tony Blair and Ireland; 6 Tony Blair, the USA and Iraq; 7 Population change and social issues; Study guide; Glossary of terms; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Further reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W