Great Britain, 1945-64
Themes and Perspectives
Frances Pinter Publishers Ltd
Published on 1. July 1989
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-86187-760-7 (ISBN)
Description
This attempts a new approach to the discipline of contemporary history by integrating different themes of British history into a coherent overview of the changing nature of Britain's domestic and international position. the introduction provides a broad thematic background, stressing that political, social, economic, military and diplomatic factors can no longer be treated in isolation. The following chapters reinterpret themes and events according to this principle, thus representing a departure from the traditional study of history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
479 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-86187-760-7 (9780861877607)
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Persons
Editor
Thames Polytechnic
University of Leeds
Introduction
Co-Director, Institute of Contemporary British History
Content
Keynesian economic policy in the postwar period, Roger Middleton; developments in the field of juvenile justice, Simon Stevenson; economic constraints upon British defence policy in the mid-1950s, G.Wyn Rees; British counter-insurgency policy using Malaya as a case study, Tony Stockwell; the changing role of the Royal Navy in the postwar period, Eric Grove; decolonization in the British Empire, John Darwin; the impact of economic policy upon the development of the Suez Crisis in 1956, Lewis Johnman; the successes and failures of the Macmillan government, John Barnes; old age and retirement policy from 1945-64, Sarah Harper; Anglo-American relations with particular reference to the Suez Crisis, W.Scott Lucas; the Attlee government's policy towards the media with special reference to strikes, Justin Davis Smith; the making of postwar consensus, David Marquand.