Oxford AQA History for A Level: The Making of Modern Britain 1951-2007

Sally Waller is the Series Editor for Oxford A Level History for AQA. She has had a rewarding career as a History teacher and has examining experience, working in a number of both state and private secondary schools and colleges, and currently teaching History at the Cheltenham Ladies' College. In the course of her career, she has been involved in the setting and assessment of examination papers, the provision of teacher inset, the work of professionalbodies seeking to advance the teaching of History in schools and in curriculum development.

• TimelineIntroduction to this bookPart one: AS and A Level Building a new Britain, 1951-79Section 1 The affluent society: Britain, 1951-641 Conservative governments2 Economic developments3 Social developments4 Foreign relationsSection 2 The Sixties, 1964-705 Wilson and the Labour governments6 Liberal reforming legislation7 Social and cultural change8 Foreign affairsSection 3 The end of post-war consensus, 1970-799 Heath's government10 Labour governments of Wilson and Callaghan11 Society in the 1970s12 Foreign affairsPart Two: A Level Modern Britain, 1979-2007Section 4 The impact of Thatcherism, 1979-8713 The Thatcher governments14 Thatcher's economic policies and their impact15 The impact of Thatcherism on society16 Foreign affairsSection 5 Towards a new consensus, 1987-9717 The fall of Thatcher and the rise of Major18 The realignment of the Labour party19 Social issues20 Foreign affairsSection 6 The era of New Labour, 1997-200721 The Labour governments22 The Conservative party, 1997-200723 Social issues24 Foreign affairsConclusionGlossaryBibliographyAcknowledgementsIndex