The History of Modern Britain
The History of Modern Britain

Author: R. G. Grant

Publisher: Carlton Publishing Group

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781847327062

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This reference work traces the course of Britain's history from the death of Queen Victoria at the beginning of the 20th century, through two World Wars, to the explosion of creativity and youth culture in the 1950s and 1960s, and right up to the General Election in 2010.

The 1960s
The 1960s

Author: Philip Tew

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-07-26

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 135001169X

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How did social, cultural and political events in Britain during and leading up to the 1960s shape modern British fiction? The 1960s were the “swinging decade”: a newly energised youth culture went hand-in-hand with new technologies, expanding educational opportunities, new social attitudes and profound political differences between the generations. This volume explores the ways in which these apparently seismic changes were reflected in British fiction of the decade. Chapters cover feminist writing that fused the personal and the political, gay, lesbian and immigrant voices and the work of visionary experimental and science fiction writers. A major critical re-evaluation of the decade, this volume covers such writers as J.G. Ballard, Anthony Burgess, A.S. Byatt, Angela Carter, John Fowles, Christopher Isherwood, Doris Lessing, Michael Moorcock and V.S. Naipaul.

Hope and Glory
Hope and Glory

Author: Peter Clarke

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2004-03-25

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 0141939192

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Peter Clarke brilliantly challenges the commonly held view of Britain in the twentieth century as a nation in decline. Adopting a wide perspective, he examines the political. social and economic changes that transformed Britain. He looks at how jobs and prices, food and shelter, and education and welfare, shaped society and explores such areas as architecture, sport and popular culture. Embracing a century of national experience, Hope and Glory superbly conveys the diverse aspects of three generations who lived through unparalleled change.

Modern Britain, 1900-1960
Modern Britain, 1900-1960

Author: Ted Gott

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13:

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There is a real sense of rediscovery with this formidable gathering of modern British art that covers work from the birth of the Edwardian era through decades of experimentalism, through the two world wars. Beautifully, produced much of the art has not be

Learned Lives in England, 1900-1950
Learned Lives in England, 1900-1950

Author: William C. Lubenow

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1783275502

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If objectivity was the great discovery of the nineteenth century, uncertainty was the great discovery of the twentieth century.

Modern Britain Since 1906
Modern Britain Since 1906

Author: Keith Laybourn

Publisher: I.B. Tauris

Published: 1999-12-31

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9781860642982

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Based on a wide range of primary and secondary sources - parliamentary debates, public speeches, official papers, press reports, journal and magazine articles, memoirs, and works on history and politics - this reader addresses the momentous changes which the 20th century has brought to British life. The introductions provide historiography, and serve as a students' guide for reading, use of sources, and summary of the major themes of the period. The major themes cover political, social, cultural and economic history, and include political realignment - the rise of Labour, the decline of the Liberals, Conservative dominance, and the failure of minority parties - the expansion of the Welfare State and its problems, British industrial and economic decline, and sea-change in British culture, including the problems of racial conflict.