书名: Britain Since 1945 (Making Contemporary Britain)
作者: Jonathan Hollowell (Editor)
出版社: Wiley-Blackwell (February 25, 2002)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0631209670
ISBN-13: 978-0631209676
Book Description
This book offers a comprehensive overview of Britain’s development since the end of the Second World War. Drawing together the themes that have dominated discussion amongst scholars and media commentators, the volume provides a valuable introduction for students of contemporary British history, politics, and society. Britain Since 1945 comprises twenty-three contributions from leading authorities and newer scholars, set in context with a foreword by Raymond Seitz. The chapters are grouped under the thematic headings of government, society, and economy, and address topics such as:
foreign policy political parties the media political and economic issues in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland race relations women and social change science and information technology culture industrial relations the welfare state The book fuses together these key perspectives to provide a rich portrait of Britain in the late 20th century and the changes and developments that have shaped the period.
Review
"Jonathan Hollowell's fresh look at Britain's post-war story departs in important ways from standard clichés and captures instead the positive excitement for many of the country's new post-war self-belief. It should be read by all those looking for a refreshing alternative to the standard histories." -- Peter Jay, former BBC Economics Editor and British Ambassador to the USA
"This excellent volume puts the post-war British experience in perspective. The chapters, which include an elegant introduction by Raymond Seitz, and a comprehensive essay on Europe by Jonathan Hollowell, cover all aspects of British life since 1945. This volume, with its helpful suggestions for further reading, is a valuable addition to the field." -- Norman Stone, Bilkent University
"Jonathan Hollowell has brought together an important and user-friendly collection of essays on the major facets of British history in the second half of the twentieth century. In their detail and in the range of issues discussed, there is no book like it. The essays, their suggestions for readings, and chronologies, will be indispensable aids to students at all levels who wish to explore the peculiarities of the British. This is synthetic history of a very high order indeed." -- Jay Winter, Yale University
"A comprehensive survey of British politics and society over the last half century... I shall of course include this remarkable book in the list of recommended readings for students of British politics and society at this university." -- Jean-Claude Sergeant, The University of Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle
About the Author
Jonathan Hollowell teaches in the History Department at Rochester Institute of Technology, New York. He has taught for several American universities and while a research student at Oxford University ha was a tutor for St. Peter's College. A former research fellow at the Institute of Contemporary British History in London, he is co-editor of the journal European Review of History/Revue European d'Histoire and among his publications are Twentieth-Century Anglo-American Relations (2001) and a forthcoming text on twentieth-century Europe.
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作者: Jonathan Hollowell (Editor)
出版社: Wiley-Blackwell (February 25, 2002)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0631209670
ISBN-13: 978-0631209676
Book Description
This book offers a comprehensive overview of Britain’s development since the end of the Second World War. Drawing together the themes that have dominated discussion amongst scholars and media commentators, the volume provides a valuable introduction for students of contemporary British history, politics, and society. Britain Since 1945 comprises twenty-three contributions from leading authorities and newer scholars, set in context with a foreword by Raymond Seitz. The chapters are grouped under the thematic headings of government, society, and economy, and address topics such as:
foreign policy political parties the media political and economic issues in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland race relations women and social change science and information technology culture industrial relations the welfare state The book fuses together these key perspectives to provide a rich portrait of Britain in the late 20th century and the changes and developments that have shaped the period.
Review
"Jonathan Hollowell's fresh look at Britain's post-war story departs in important ways from standard clichés and captures instead the positive excitement for many of the country's new post-war self-belief. It should be read by all those looking for a refreshing alternative to the standard histories." -- Peter Jay, former BBC Economics Editor and British Ambassador to the USA
"This excellent volume puts the post-war British experience in perspective. The chapters, which include an elegant introduction by Raymond Seitz, and a comprehensive essay on Europe by Jonathan Hollowell, cover all aspects of British life since 1945. This volume, with its helpful suggestions for further reading, is a valuable addition to the field." -- Norman Stone, Bilkent University
"Jonathan Hollowell has brought together an important and user-friendly collection of essays on the major facets of British history in the second half of the twentieth century. In their detail and in the range of issues discussed, there is no book like it. The essays, their suggestions for readings, and chronologies, will be indispensable aids to students at all levels who wish to explore the peculiarities of the British. This is synthetic history of a very high order indeed." -- Jay Winter, Yale University
"A comprehensive survey of British politics and society over the last half century... I shall of course include this remarkable book in the list of recommended readings for students of British politics and society at this university." -- Jean-Claude Sergeant, The University of Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle
About the Author
Jonathan Hollowell teaches in the History Department at Rochester Institute of Technology, New York. He has taught for several American universities and while a research student at Oxford University ha was a tutor for St. Peter's College. A former research fellow at the Institute of Contemporary British History in London, he is co-editor of the journal European Review of History/Revue European d'Histoire and among his publications are Twentieth-Century Anglo-American Relations (2001) and a forthcoming text on twentieth-century Europe.
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