The Oxford History of Britain Paperback / softback
Edited by Kenneth O. (Honorary Fellow, The Queen's College, Oxford, and member of the House of Lords) Morgan
Paperback / softback
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The Oxford History of Britain tells the story of Britain and its people over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day.
Encompassing political, social, economic, and cultural developments throughout the British Isles, the dramatic narrative is taken up in turn by ten leading historians who offer the fruits of the best modern scholarship to the general reader in an authoritative form.
A vivid, sometimes surprising picture emerges of a continuous turmoil of change in every period, and the wider social context of political and economic tension is made clear.
But consensus, no less than conflict, is a part of the story: in focusing on elements of continuity down the centuries, the authors bring out that special awareness of identity which has been such a distinctive feature of British society.
By relating both these factors in the British experience, and by exploring the manyways in which Britain has shaped and been shaped by contact with Europe and the wider world, this landmark work brings the reader face to face with the past, and the foundations of modern British society.
The new edition brings the story into the twenty-first century, covering the changes to British society and culture during the Blair years and the invasion of Iraq and its aftermath.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:848 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:15/04/2010
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- ISBN:9780199579259
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:848 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:15/04/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199579259
