Britain, 1815-1918

Britain, 1815-1918 Synopsis

A comprehensive AS and A-level History text on nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Britain, written by a team of experienced teachers and examiners.

Includes historical interpretations, document source questions, explanation of difficult words and concepts and a study skills section for exam preparation.

1 Britain 1815-1918: a synoptic assessment
2 The Tory Party 1815-1830
3 British Foreign Policy, 1815-1846
4 The Great Reform Act of 1832
5 The Whigs, 1833-1841
6 Sir Robert Peel and the Tory/Conservative Party, 1830-1846
7 Chartism
8 Economic change 1815-1846: the growth of railways
9 British domestic politics, 1846-1868
10 British foreign policy in the Age of Palmerston, 1846-1868
11 A mid-Victorian boom? Economic and Social history 1846-1868
12 Gladstone and the Liberal Party
13 The Conservative Party of Disraeli and Salisbury, 1868-1895
14 Ireland and British politics, 1868-1894
15 Foreign and imperial policy, 1868-1895
16 Social and economic change, 1868-1896
17 The era of Conservative domination and the rise of Labour, 1895-1906
18 Joseph Chamberlain and the Empire, 1895-1905
19 Ireland and British politics, 1895-1922
20 The Liberals in power, 1905-1915
21 Britain and the origins of the First World War, 1898-1914
22 The political, social and economic impact, 1914-1918
23 British economy and society, 1896-1914: challenged and transformed?

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