Longman Companion to Britain Since 1945 Paperback - 2000 - 2nd Edition

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Each volume in the Longman Companions to History series, under the General Editorship of Chris Cook and John Stevenson, provides a handy reference work to a major area of historical study, and is written by a leading scholar in the field.
___________________________________________________________________________ This timely new edition of the Longman Companion to Britain since 1945 (compiled by the Series Editors themselves) provides a wide-ranging compendium of key facts and figures on British history from the start of the landmark Attlee government in 1945 to the final years of the 1990s. The book embraces all major aspects of British history, government and society, reflecting the massive social, political and economic changes that have transformed the face of Britain since the end of the Second World War. Fully revised and updated, this new edition covers the advent of Tony Blair, the electoral victory of New Labour in 1997 and the major constitutional changes currently underway in Britain. This book will be invaluable to anyone interested in the history and politics of post-war Britain - from students and teachers to party activists and lovers of reader-friendly reference books.
Among the many features to be found in the second edition are: - A Political Chronology updated to cover the Blair administration
- Extended coverage of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland- New material on Elections and Electoral Systems, both European and national
- Extended profiles of the Political Parties, with additional details of leadership elections- Updated statistics on Social and Economic History, with fuller coverage of transport developments, women in society and education
- Extended coverage of Immigration and Race Relations- Facts and figures on Britain and the European Union
- More than 125 fact-packed Biographies of leading personalities- A Glossary of Terms including the new vocabulary of the 1990s
- An extensive, fully-updated theme-based Guide to Further Reading CHRIS COOK is a Visiting Research Fellow at the British Library of Political and Economic Science. JOHN STEVENSON is a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. HARD COVER Front flap of jacket
Each volume in the Longman Companions to History series, under the General Editorship of Chris Cook and John Stevenson, provides a handy reference work to a major area of historical study, and is written by a leading scholar in the field.___________________________________________________________________________
This timely new edition of the Longman Companion to Britain since 1945 (compiled by the Series Editors themselves) provides a wide-ranging compendium of key facts and figures on British history from the start of the landmark Attlee government in 1945 to the final years of the 1990s. The book embraces all major aspects of British history, government and society, reflecting the massive social, political and economic changes that have transformed the face of Britain since the end of the Second World War. Fully revised and updated, this new edition covers the advent of Tony Blair, the electoral victory of New Labour in 1997 and the major constitutional changes currently underway in Britain. This book will be invaluable to anyone interested in the history and politics of post-war Britain - from students and teachers to party activists and lovers of reader-friendly reference books. Among the many features to be found in the second edition are:
- A Political Chronology updated to cover the Blair administration- Extended coverage of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
- New material on Elections and Electoral Systems, both European and national- Extended profiles of the Political Parties, with additional details of leadership elections
- Updated statistics on Social and Economic History, with fuller coverage of transport developments, women in society and education- Extended coverage of Immigration and Race Relations
- Facts and figures on Britain and the European Union- More than 125 fact-packed Biographies of leading personalities
- A Glossary of Terms including the new vocabulary of the 1990s- An extensive, fully-updated theme-based Guide to Further Reading

Back flap of jacket
The authors: CHRIS COOK is a Visiting Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and former Head of the Modern Archives Survey at the British Library of Political and Economic Science.
JOHN STEVENSON is a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford.
Back of jacketLONGMAN COMPANIONS TO HISTORY
General Editors: CHRIS COOK and JOHN STEVENSON The following Companions to History are now available:
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Chris Cook and John Stevenson The European Reformation Germany since 1945
Mark Greengrass Adrian Webb The Tudor Age The European Union since 1945
Rosemary O'Day Alasdair Blair The Stuart Age, 1603-1714 Imperial Russia, 1695-1917
John Wroughton David Longley Britain in the Eighteenth Century, 1688-1820
Jeremy Gregory & John Stevenson Napoleonic Europe
Clive Emsley European Nationalism, 1789-1920
Raymond Pearson Britain in the Nineteenth Century, 1815-1914
Chris Cook European Decolonisation
Muriel E. Chamberlain The Labour Party, 1900-1998
Harry Harmer The Middle East since 1914
(Second Edition)Ritchie Ovendale
Russia since 1914Martin McCauley
America, 1910-1945Patrick Renshaw
Britain, 1914-45Andrew Thorpe
Nazi GermanyTim Kirk
America, Russia and the Cold War, 1941-1998(Second Edition)
John W Young