01725cam a22003135i 4500 27159 27131 008758608 OSt 20190214123529.0 940321s1993 enkabc frb 001 | eng d GB9423620 bnb 05213674026 9780521367028 Uk Uk eng EG-ScBUE 941 22 SPE Speck, W. A. (William Arthur), 1938- A concise history of Britain, 1707-1975 / W. A. Speck. Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993. xiii, 210 p. : illustrations, maps, ports. ; 23 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Cambridge concise histories Includes bibliographical references and index. Eighteenth-century Britain -- From the Anglo-Scottish union to the union with Ireland -- Nineteenth-century Britain -- From Pitt to Palmerston -- From the Second Reform Act to the Boer War -- Twentieth-century Britain -- From the Boer War to the first Labour government -- From Baldwin to Attlee -- From the accession of Queen Elizabeth to the entry into the European Economic Community. A concise, illustrated history of Great Britain over the past three centuries, from its formation as a sovereign state to its partial loss of sovereignty in the accession to the European Community. Professor Speck emphasises political and social trends. In particular he argues that conservative politics prevailed largely in a deeply conservative society BUEsh Great Britain History. 29555 BUSBOL February2019 ddc BB 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 2ND 2019-02-14 Purchase 279.00 21201 0 941 SPE 000044260 2025-07-15 00:00:00 349.00 2019-02-14 BB