Britain in the Modern World

PART 1: DEMOCRACY AND SOCIETY IN BRITAIN 1901-1939; Who were the Edwardians?; Social reform, 1906-1939; The Liberals and the House of Lords; The suffragettes; The rise of the Labour party; The General Strike, 1926; The Depression: Britain and Germany; Politics and Depression; The Irish Free State; Women: roles and opportunities; PART 2: BRITAIN SINCE 1945; The impact of the Second World War; The Welfare State and nationalism; The motor car; Popular culture; Immigration and race relations: Britain and the USA; Britain and Northern Ireland; Labour and politics in the 1970s; The decline of the British economy, 1950-1975; The Thatcher years, 1979-1990; The Falklands War; Computers, technology and change; People and politics; PART 3: BRITAIN AND THE WIDER WORLD; Britain and India: The struggle for independence; The Suez crises, 1956; France and Algeria; The Cold War: origins and motives; Superpower relations; The United Nations; The EEC; Britain's changing world role since 1945; Winston Churchill: The role of the individual