A History of the Peoples of the British Isles: From 1870 to the Present (From 1914 to Present)

The three volumes of A History of the Peoples of the British Isles weave together the histories of England Ireland Scotland and Wales and their peoples The authors trace the course of social economic cultural and political history from prehistoric times to the present analysing the relationships differences and similarities of the four areas Volume III deals with the long twentieth century Its main themes are the contraction of British industrial power and the shift to a service based economy the decline of Victorianism and the rise of Modernism the climax of class society between the wars and the blurring of class lines after the 1960s the impact of two world wars the decline of British power and the empire the partition of Ireland the devolution of power to Wales and Scotland