A History of Britain

1945 to Brexit

Jeremy Black (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2017
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-02999-7 (ISBN)

Infos

In 2016, Britain stunned itself and the world by voting to pull out of the European Union, leaving financial markets reeling and global politicians and citizens in shock. But was Brexit really a surprise, or are there clues in Britain's history that pointed to this moment? In A History of Britain: 1945 to the Brexit, award-winning historian Jeremy Black reexamines modern British history, considering the social changes, economic strains, and cultural and political upheavals that brought Britain to Brexit. This sweeping and engaging book traces Britain's path through the destruction left behind by World War II, Thatcherism, the threats of the IRA, the Scottish referendum, and on to the impact of waves of immigration from the European Union. Black overturns many conventional interpretations of significant historical events, provides context for current developments, and encourages the reader to question why we think the way we do about Britain's past.

Autor

Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. He is author of many books, including Other Pasts, Different Presents, Alternative Futures; War and Technology; and Fighting for America: The Struggle for Mastery in North America, 1519–1871. Black is a recipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize of the Society for Military History.

Inhalt

Preface: From Empire to Where?
Prime Ministers from 1945
Abbreviations
1. Environment under Strain
2. Economy under Strain
3. Changing Society
4. Changing Culture
5. The After-Echoes of War, 1945-60
6. The Politics of Crisis, 1961-79
7. Thatcherism, 1979-90
8. Changing Directions, 1990-2016
9. British Issues, 1945-2016
10. European and World Questions
11. Into the Future
12. Conclusions
Selected Further Reading
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.09.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 1 map
• Verlagsort: Bloomington, IN
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 408 g
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• ISBN-10: 0-253-02999-6 / 0253029996
• ISBN-13: 978-0-253-02999-7 / 9780253029997
• Zustand: Neuware