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082	0	4	_a941 _222 _bSPE
100	1		_aSpeck, W. A. _q(William Arthur), _d1938-
245	1	2	_aA concise history of Britain, 1707-1975 / _cW. A. Speck.
264		1	_aCambridge, England ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c1993.
300			_axiii, 210 p. : _billustrations, maps, ports. ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCambridge concise histories
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aEighteenth-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.
520			_aA 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
651		7	_2BUEsh _aGreat Britain _xHistory. _929555
653			_bBUSBOL _cFebruary2019
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