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Title

Britain since 1945 : the people's peace / Kenneth O. Morgan.

Author

Morgan, Kenneth O.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

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Description

xii, 623 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports.; 20 cm.

Summary

This penetrating analysis is the first comprehensive study by a professional historian of British history from 1945 to the present day. It examines the transformation of post-war Britain from the planning enthusiasm of 1945 to the rise of New Labour. Using a wide variety of sources, including the records of political parties and the most recently released documents from the Public Records Office, Kenneth Morgan brings the story right up to date and draws comparisons with the post-war history of other nations.

Subject

• Since 1936
• Geschichte 1945-2001
• Great Britain > History > George VI, 1936-1952
• Great Britain > History > Elizabeth II, 1952-2022
• Great Britain > Politics and government > 1945-
• Great Britain > Civilization > 1945-

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Previous ed.: published as The people's peace. 1999.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [579]-596) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

List of Plates -- -- I. THE ERA OF ADVANCE, 1945-1961 -- -- 1. The Facade of Unity -- 2. Labour's High Noon, 1945-1947 -- 3. The Collectivist Retreat, 1948-1951 -- 4. The Conservative Compromise, 1951-1956 -- 5. The Zenith of One-Nation Toryism, 1957-1961 -- -- II. THE YEARS OF RETREAT, 1961-1979 -- -- 6. The Stagnant Society, 1961-1964 -- 7. Labour Blown Off Course, 1964-1967 -- 8. Years of Hard Slog, 1968-1970 -- 9. The Heath Experiment, 1970-1974 -- 10. Challenge to Consensus, 1974-1976 -- 11. The Years of Discontent, 1977-1979 -- -- III. THATCHERISM AND ITS AFTERMATH, 1979-1998 -- -- 12. The Foundations of Thatcherism, 1979-1983 -- 13. High Noon for the New Right, 1983-1990 -- 14. Fin de Siecle: New Labour in power, 1990-2001 -- 15. Conclusion -- -- Select Bibliography -- -- Index

ISBN

0192802259

LCCN

^^^98030645^

OCLC

• 49327066
• SCSB-11178924

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library