The History of Great Britain

Description

This updated and expanded volume serves as an introduction to the history of Great Britain, from prehistory to the present. Guiding the reader through complex developments in politics, economics, culture, and empire, this book helps readers to understand how the four kingdoms of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland have come together and split apart over centuries of change. Chronologically arranged chapters will help readers to better understand British history as it includes pre-Roman Britain, Britain's Tudors, the Reformation, and World Wars I and II, in addition to current events such as Brexit and others for which Theresa May has been prime minister. A timeline, a glossary, and an appendix of significant individuals in the history of Great Britain help to round out the text. The strong narrative line allows readers to understand the ways in which Great Britain has both responded to and guided global changes in economics and class, gender and race, and the politics of expansionism and nativism. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Series Foreword Preface Timeline of Historical Events 1 Great Britain Today 2 Roman and Anglo-Saxon Britain 3 Medieval Britain 4 Britain under the Tudors 5 Stuart Britain, the Republic, and Restoration 6 William III to William IV: 1689–1837 7 Britain in the Victorian Age 8 A New Century: Britain under Edward VII and George V 9 Decades of Crisis: 1930–1955 10 Consensus, Antagonism, and Decay: Britain 1955–1979 11 A New Era, 1979–2001: The Thatcher Revolution and the Rise of New Labour 12 Whither Britain? Notable People in the History of Great Britain Bibliographic Essay Index