The British Isles Since 1945

The British Isles Since 1945 by Kathleen Burk

Since 1945 Great Britain has gone through many changes: the loss of an empire, economic decline and resurgence, entry into Europe, evolution into a multicultural society, and devolution, to name only the more obvious. In this book, six distinguished historians each take a theme - politics, international relations, high, middle , and low culture, social and economic policies, the nature of civil society, and Ireland - and set out the fundamental nature and development of each. These are set within the wider context of the Cold War, and its impact both internationally and domestically; of the impact on politics, economics and foreign policy of the decline of the pound and the attempts to arrest this; and finally, of the growing impact of Europe.

'this volume is excellently written and provides the type of overview essential for undergraduates and good A-level students' Keith Laybourn, University of Huddersfield, History, vol 89, issue 1, number 293

KATHLEEN BURK was born and raised in California and, as the daughter of a grape farmer, has wine in her bones. While at the University of California at Berkeley, she traveled around Napa Valley tasting wine, riding pillion on a 750cc motorcycle. At Oxford she discovered European wines, to which she is devoted. She has a Diploma in Wine and Spirits, writes for the World of Fine Wine, and is a judge for the International Wine and Spirits Competition. She is the Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at University College London and the author of Old World, New World: Great Britain and America from the Beginning.
MICHAEL BYWATER is an author, broadcaster, and culture critic. He writes for the Independent, the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Times, and a host of other periodicals. He is also a regular broadcaster for the BBC, development executive at Studio Lambert TV in London, and intermittently teaches tragedy at the University of Cambridge.
He is author of Lost Worlds: What Have We Lost, and Where Did It Go? and Big Babies: Or: Why Can't We Just Grow Up? He is currently writing a book on male friendship,
A Fine Bromance.

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ISBN 13	9780199248384
ISBN 10	0199248389
Title	The British Isles Since 1945
Author	Kathleen Burk
Series	Short Oxford History Of The British Isles
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2003-01-16
Number of pages	304
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