Modern Britain, 1750 to the Present
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This wide-ranging introduction to the history of modern Britain extends from the eighteenth century to the present day. James Vernon's distinctive history is weaved around an account of the rise, fall and reinvention of liberal ideas of how markets, governments and empires should work. The history takes seriously the different experiences within the British Isles and the British Empire, and offers a global history of Britain. Instead of tracing how Britons made the modern world, Vernon shows how the world…
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Key features
- Features maps, figures, source textboxes, guides to further reading, key terms and a glossary, to support student understanding of significant people and places
- Offers a distinctive argument about the growth of liberalism over this period
- Each chapter is structured around explaining a process of change, with economic and imperial history at the centre of the debates
- Supplementary online resources include additional primary sources, chapter abstracts, discussion questions and additional further reading suggestions, including useful links
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139381611
- Series Cambridge History of Britain (4)
- Subjects British History after 1450,British History: General Interest,History,Twentieth Century British History
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 18 May 2017
- ISBN: 9781107031333
- Dimensions (mm): 247 x 174 mm
- Weight: 1.31kg
- Contains: 84 b/w illus. 14 maps
- Page extent: 588 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 18 May 2017
- ISBN: 9781107686007
- Dimensions (mm): 247 x 174 mm
- Weight: 1.17kg
- Contains: 84 b/w illus. 14 maps
- Page extent: 588 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 30 January 2019
- ISBN: 9781139381611
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