TY  - BOOK
AU  - Speck,W.A.
TI  - A concise history of Britain, 1707-1975
T2  - Cambridge concise histories
SN  - 05213674026
U1  - 941 22
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Cambridge, England, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - BUSBOL
KW  - February2019
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Eighteenth-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
N2  - A 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
ER  -