01879cam a22003255i 4500999001700000001001000017003000400027005001700031008004100048015001900089020001600108020001800124040002700142082001700169100004300186245006000229264007300289300005800362336002100420337002500441338002300466490003200489504005100521505039200572520036000964651004201324653002501366942001201391952015001403  c27159d27131008758608OSt20190214123529.0940321s1993    enkabc frb    001 | eng d  aGB94236202bnb  a05213674026  a9780521367028  aUkcUkbengdEG-ScBUE 04a941222bSPE1 aSpeck, W. A.q(William Arthur),d1938-12aA concise history of Britain, 1707-1975 /cW. A. Speck. 1aCambridge, England ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c1993.  axiii, 210 p. :billustrations, maps, ports. ;c23 cm.  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier0 aCambridge concise histories  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aEighteenth-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.  aA 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 72BUEshaGreat BritainxHistory.929555  bBUSBOLcFebruary2019  2ddccBB  00102ddc40708BaccahaMAINbMAINc2NDd2019-02-14ePurchaseg279.00h21201l0o941 SPEp000044260r2025-07-15 00:00:00v349.00w2019-02-14yBB