The British Isles 1901-1951 (Short Oxford History of the British Isles)

About this book

The British Isles entered the twentieth century as a single state Great Britain and Ireland with a British Empire greater in extent and larger in population than the world had ever seen. The first fifty years saw vast change. This volume presents a very different country in 1951 from what it had been in 1901. The chapters by different authors focus on politics economics society wars and foreign policy to emphasize the interconnectedness of all these developments. These clearly written expositions reflect on the British Way and Purpose from different perspectives.