Britain in the Twentieth Century

Charles More has published a widely read textbook on modern British economic and social history, The Industrial Age: Economy and Society in Britain 1750-1995, (1989, 1997) and numerous other books and articles, especially on the history of education and of work. He has taught modern British and European history at the University of Gloucestershire since 1980.

• Preface. 1. Britain in 1900. 2. Liberal High Tide: Politics 1900-1914. 3. The First World War. 4. Changing Tides: Politics Between the Wars. 5. The Search for Peace: Britain and the World 1918-1939. 6. Society 1900-1939. 7. The Second World War: Battles and Strategy. 8. The Second World War: Politics and Society. 9. The Years of Consensus? Politics 1945-1974. 10. Thatcherism and After: Politics 1974-2000. 11. Britain and Overseas 1945-2000. 12. Society 1945-2000. Afterword.

‘Charles More should be commended for distilling the major concepts, historiography and a mass of evidence into a concise and readable narrative... This book would make an excellent introduction to the study of Britainin the 20th century.’Dr Alan Simmonds, Department of History, University of Hull