Kenneth O. Morgan

The People's Peace (eBook, PDF)

Britain Since 1945

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Produktbeschreibung

The People's Peace: Britain since 1945 is the first comprehensive study by a professional historian of British history from 1945 to the present day. It examines the transformation of post-war Britain from the planning enthusiasm of 1945 to the rise of New Labour. Its themes include the troubles of the British economy; public criticism of the legitimacy of the state and its instruments of authority; the co-existence of growing personal prosperity with widespread social inequality; and the debates aroused by decolonization, and Britain's relationship to the Commonwealth, the US and Europe. Changes in cultural life, from the puritanical 'austerity' of the 1940's, through the 'permissiveness' of the 1960s, to the tensions and achievements of recent years are also charted. Using a wide variety of sources, including the records of political parties and the most recently released documents from the Public Records Office, Kenneth Morgan brings the story right up to date and draws comparisons with the post-war history of other nations. This penetrating analysis by a leading twentieth-century historian will prove invaluable to anyone interested in the development of the Britain of today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP eBook
• Seitenzahl: 688
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780192577818
• Artikelnr.: 62246131

Autorenporträt

Kenneth O. Morgan is a working peer in the House of Lords and a Visiting Professor in the Institute of Contemporary British History, King's College London. From 1966 to 1989 he was Fellow and Praelector of Queen's; from 1989 to 1995 he was Vice-Chancellor of Aberystwyth University, and also Senior Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, 1993-5. He has also been an Honorary Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He is the author of many major works on British history including Wales in British Politics, 1868-1922; Rebirth of a Nation: Wales 1880-1980; Labour in Power, 1945-1951; Consensus and Disunity: the Lloyd George Coalition Government, 1918-1922; The People's Peace: British History, 1945-1990; Modern Wales: Politics, Places and People; Callaghan: A Life; The Twentieth Century (A Very Short Intoduction). He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1983 and became a life peer in 2000.

Inhaltsangabe

I: The era of advance, 1945-1961
The facade of unity
Labour's high noon, 1945-1947
The collectivist retreat, 1948-1951
The Conservative compromise, 1951-1956
The zenith of one-nation Toryism, 1957-1961
II: The years of retreat, 1961-1979
The stagnant society, 1961-1964
Labour blown off course, 1964-1967
Years of hard slog, 1968-1970
The Heath experiment, 1970-1974
Labour's final term, 1974-1976
Years of discontent, 1977-1979
III: Storm and stress, 1979-1989: The foundations of 'Thatcherism', 1979-1983
High noon for the new right - resurgence or retreat? 1983-1989
Conclusion
Select bibliography
Index