State and Society Fourth Edition
A Social and Political History of Britain Since 1870
1st Edition
Published on 2. February 2012
432 pages
978-1-78093-094-7 (ISBN)
Description
As a vigorous interpretation of political and social developments in Britain since the late-Victorian era, State and Society has rapidly become one of the most respected and widely read introductions to the history of modern Britain. In this new edition, the account is updated to take in the decline of New Labour, the financial crisis and the Coalition Government. Pugh examines not only the changes in the political and social spectrums but also those elements of continuity linking the past with more recent history. He closes with an assessment of the continuing dilemmas of national unity - encompassing both positive and negative aspects, from the Royal Wedding to immigration and the defence cuts.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
tables and figures
ISBN-13
978-1-78093-094-7 (9781780930947)
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02/2012
Bloomsbury Academic
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Person
Martin Pugh was Professor of British History at Newcastle University and Research Professor in History at Liverpool John Moores University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a member of the advisory panel of the BBC History Magazine, and the author of over twelve books on nineteenth- and twentieth-century history. His previous publications include Women and the Women's Movement in Britain 1914-1959, A Companion to Modern European History 1871-1945, The Pankhursts: The History of One Radical Family, Speak for Britain: A New History of the Labour Party and We Danced All Night: A Social History of Britain Between the Wars.
Content
List of illustrations
List of tables and figures
Preface and Acknowledgements
Part I The Loss of Confidence, 1870-1902
1 The retreat of the Industrial Revolution
2 Not quite a democracy
3 The Victorian state and its people
4 Victorian values: myth and reality
5 The British nation: unity and division
6 Isolation and expansion
Part II The Reorientation: The Emergence of the Interventionist State, 1902-1918
7 The state, social welfare and the economy
8 The Liberal-Labour alliance
9 Crisis and controversy in Edwardian Britain
10 Politics and society in the Great War
Part III The Period of Confusion: Collectivism versus Capitalism, 1918-1940
11 The failure of laissez-faire
12 Mass democracy in an age of decline
13 The era of domesticity
14 Imperial climax and decline
Part IV Consensus: The Age of the Benign State, 1940-1970
15 The people's war
16 The Keynesian era
17 The permissive society
18 The loss of Great-Power status
Part V The Era of Reaction and Decline, 1970-2011
19 The breakdown of the post-war consensus, 1970-1979
20 The era of Thatcherism
21 New Labour and the Blair era
22 The Coalition era
Guide to Further Reading
Index
List of tables and figures
Preface and Acknowledgements
Part I The Loss of Confidence, 1870-1902
1 The retreat of the Industrial Revolution
2 Not quite a democracy
3 The Victorian state and its people
4 Victorian values: myth and reality
5 The British nation: unity and division
6 Isolation and expansion
Part II The Reorientation: The Emergence of the Interventionist State, 1902-1918
7 The state, social welfare and the economy
8 The Liberal-Labour alliance
9 Crisis and controversy in Edwardian Britain
10 Politics and society in the Great War
Part III The Period of Confusion: Collectivism versus Capitalism, 1918-1940
11 The failure of laissez-faire
12 Mass democracy in an age of decline
13 The era of domesticity
14 Imperial climax and decline
Part IV Consensus: The Age of the Benign State, 1940-1970
15 The people's war
16 The Keynesian era
17 The permissive society
18 The loss of Great-Power status
Part V The Era of Reaction and Decline, 1970-2011
19 The breakdown of the post-war consensus, 1970-1979
20 The era of Thatcherism
21 New Labour and the Blair era
22 The Coalition era
Guide to Further Reading
Index
