The British Isles 1901-1951 Hardback
Edited by Keith (, Vice-Chancellor, University of Wales, Lampeter) Robbins
Part of the Short Oxford History of the British Isles series
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The "British Isles" entered the 20th century as a single state, "Great Britain and Ireland", with a "British Empire" greater in extent and larger in population than the world had ever seen.
The first 50 years saw vast change. At home, the separate path of Ireland became steadily more clear-cut.
Abroad, the "Dominions" increasingly saw themselves and acted as independent entities and, with the withdrawal from the Indian sub-continent in 1947, the writing was on the wall for the British Empire/Commonwealth.
Not unrelated to these changes was the major British involvement in two world wars.
This volume presents a very different country in 1951 from what it had been in 1901.
The chapters by different authors focus on politics, economics, society, wars, and foreign policy to emphasize the interconnectedness of all these developments.
The expositions reflect on the "the British Way and Purpose" from different perspectives.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:304 pages, Maps and half-tones
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:14/11/2002
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- ISBN:9780198731955
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:304 pages, Maps and half-tones
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:14/11/2002
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- ISBN:9780198731955
