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Sources and Debates in Modern British History
1714 to the Present
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Each document includes discussion questions and lists of historical debates, supported by extensive bibliographies of online and traditional sources to aid further student research. The collection highlights social class and national identity, reflecting changes in British society over the last 20 years.
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Ideal for students and educators in modern British history, this book supports academic study and research with its rich range of primary sources and critical questions.
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See moreThis sourcebook is designed for undergraduate students taking survey courses in the modern period. The primary sources illuminate and extend the reader's understanding of the themes at the heart of Britain's transformation over the course of the last three centuries.
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Designed to complement the author's A History of Modern Britain, this collection of primary sources illuminates and augments the study of modern Britain with coverage of political, imperial, and economic history as well as class and cultural issues.
- Features a broad range of documents, in a well-structured and easy-to-use format, including important, well-known documents and lesser-known excerpts from memoirs and private correspondence.
- Provides up-to-date, balanced coverage of political, imperial, social, economic, and cultural history with over 180 documents.
- Offers a thorough rendering of social class and national identity, including coverage of changes in British society over the last 20 years.
- Includes discussion questions for each document, as well as lists of historical debates and extensive bibliographies of both on-line and traditional sources for students' further research.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781444333725
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 December 2011
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Contributors:
- Edited by Ellis Wasson
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 172.0mm
Height: 245.0mm
Weight: 506g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Ellis Wasson earned his PhD in British history atCambridge and teaches at Tower Hill School in Wilmington and theUniversity of Delaware. He is the author of WhigRenaissance: Lord Althorp and the Whig Party1782 1845 (1987), Born to Rule: British PoliticalElites (2000), and Aristocracy and the Modern World(2006), and has published numerous articles on the history ofBritish politics and European landed society.
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