Dieser Autor hat sich auf detaillierte und zugängliche historische Erzählungen spezialisiert. Seine Arbeit konzentriert sich auf die sozialen und politischen Kräfte, die das moderne Großbritannien geprägt haben. Mit seinem fundierten wissenschaftlichen Einblick und seiner gründlichen Recherche bringt er Klarheit in seine Schriften und ermöglicht einem breiteren Publikum, komplexe historische Ereignisse zu verstehen.
This book is a social, economic, political, and cultural assessment of Jamaica over the past millennium. Exploring themes such as race, slavery, empire, poverty, and colonialism in an accessible way, this authoritative work will appeal to all readers interested in the Atlantic world.
Focusing on David Lloyd George, the book explores the British Liberal Party's journey through revival and triumph to division and decline from the late 19th to the 20th century. It highlights Lloyd George's pivotal role as a transformative figure during this significant political era, offering insights into the party's evolution and the broader historical context.
This comprehensive and widely acclaimed study of British history since 1945 has been has been expanded to include a new chapter looking at the conflict over Brexit. This edition contains some further updating.
The authorised - but not uncritical - life of one of the great parliamentarians and orators of our times, the former Labour Party leader, now in his nineties, who is also an eminent man of letters.
The book delves into the influence of slavery and the Atlantic trade on the early stages of British industrialization. Kenneth Morgan explores five critical areas of historical debate, including the profitability of the slave trade, its role in capital accumulation, the dynamics of exports and transatlantic markets, the function of business institutions, and the impact on British port growth. This insightful work is designed for students interested in the intersections of slavery, economic history, and the development of Britain.
This comprehensive and widely acclaimed study of British history since 1945 has been fully updated and expanded to include a chapter on the rise of New Labour. This edition contains some further updating.
First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Kenneth Morgan's Very Short Introduction to Twentieth-Century Britain is a crisp analysis of the forces of consensus and of conflict in modern Britain since the First World War. schovat popis
The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain tells the story of Britain and her peoples over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Now available in an easy-to-read, updated format, The Oxford History of Britain presents the text of this classic in British history. Ten leading historians offer a dramatic narrative of developments throughout the British Isles, exploring the relationship between the political, economic, social, and cultural transformations in British history. This new edition has been updated to include events of the past twelve years, as well as a revised chapter on the Tudor age.
Part of a series which traces the story of Britain and her peoples from Roman times to the present day, this volume concentrates on the 18th century and the "age of industry".
