Longman Companion to Britain Since 1945
Longman Companion to Britain Since 1945

Author: Chris Cook

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-09-09

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 1317879953

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This timely new edition of the Longman Companion to Britain since 1945 (compiled by the series editors themselves) provides a wide-ranging compendium of key facts and figures on British history from the start of the landmark Attlee government in 1945 to the final years of the 1990s. The book embraces all major aspects of British history, government and society, reflecting the massive social, political and economic changes that have transformed the face of Britain since the end of the Second World War. Fully revised and updated, this new edition covers the advent of Tony Blair, the electoral victory of New Labour in 1997 and the major constitutional changes currently underway in Britain. This book will be invaluable to anyone interested in the history and politics of post-war Britain - from students and teachers to party activists and lovers of reader-friendly reference books.

Longman Companion to Britain since 1945
Longman Companion to Britain since 1945

Author: Chris Cook

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-09-09

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 1317879945

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This timely new edition of the Longman Companion to Britain since 1945 (compiled by the series editors themselves) provides a wide-ranging compendium of key facts and figures on British history from the start of the landmark Attlee government in 1945 to the final years of the 1990s. The book embraces all major aspects of British history, government and society, reflecting the massive social, political and economic changes that have transformed the face of Britain since the end of the Second World War. Fully revised and updated, this new edition covers the advent of Tony Blair, the electoral victory of New Labour in 1997 and the major constitutional changes currently underway in Britain. This book will be invaluable to anyone interested in the history and politics of post-war Britain - from students and teachers to party activists and lovers of reader-friendly reference books.

Longman Companion to Germany since 1945
Longman Companion to Germany since 1945

Author: Adrian Webb

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-09-09

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 131788423X

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This new Companion provides a wealth of information on the history of Germany since the Second World War including much material which is not readily available. Throughout, equal attention is devoted to East and West Germany and covers political, social, cultural, and economic developments. The author provides information on, for example, political parties and office-holders; living standards, crime and the environment; Germany's relationship with the European Union; and East Germany up to 1990. Attention is also devoted to topical issues such as opposition and dissent in the East, terrorism, neo-nazism and racial violence. An essential reference book for anyone studying, or teaching, postwar Germany in history or politics departments.

Longman Companion to European Decolonisation in the Twentieth Century
Longman Companion to European Decolonisation in the Twentieth Century

Author: Muriel E. Chamberlain

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-11

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 1317897447

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This new Companion brings together, in one single volume, all the essential facts and figures relating to European decolonisation in the twentieth century. Professor Chamberlain has taken each European empire in turn (the British, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Belgian and Italian) and for each one she has provided a detailed chronology of the process of decolonisation in the individual states.

Longman Handbook to Modern British History 1714 - 2001
Longman Handbook to Modern British History 1714 - 2001

Author: Chris Cook

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-10

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 1317875230

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This compact and accessible reference work provides all the essential facts and figures about major aspects of modern British history from the death of Queen Anne to the end of the 1990s. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History has been extended to include a fully-revised bibliography (reflecting the wealth of newly published material in recent years), the new statistics on social and economic history and an expanded glossary of terms. The political chronologies have been revised to include the electoral defeat of John Major and the record of New Labour in office. Designed for the student and general reader, this highly-successful handbook provides a wealth of varied data within the confines of a single volume.

Longman Handbook of Twentieth Century Europe
Longman Handbook of Twentieth Century Europe

Author: Chris Cook

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-09-19

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 1317892259

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The twentieth century was one of constant upheaval across Europe. The continent saw wars, revolutions and the collapse of empires and a range of leading figures from Stolypin and Stalin to Chirac, Schroder and Putin. This book provides a detailed yet wide-ranging guide to the turbulent events of twentieth century Europe. Covering the whole period from Tsarist Russia and Imperial Germany to the Balkan Wars of the 1990’s and the final birth of the Euro in 2002, it provides a convenient user-friendly compendium of key fact and figures for the whole of Europe – from the Atlantic to the Urals.

The Longman Companion to Nazi Germany
The Longman Companion to Nazi Germany

Author: Tim Kirk

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-11

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1317898702

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Here is a wealth of factual and interpretative information about Germany between 1918 and 1945. Designed for maximum practicality, it sets the Hitler years in their wider context, with most sections spanning the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazism as well as the Third Reich itself. In addition to political chronologies and anatomies of the Nazi party and the police state, there is detailed information on economy, society and culture; diplomacy, rearmament and war; and racial politics and the Holocaust. Biographies, glossary and a rich annotated bibliography complete an invaluable study aid.