By John Cannon,Robert Crowcroft
ISBN-10: 0199677832
ISBN-13: 9780199677832
than 2,000 years of political, social, and cultural switch, encompassing subject matters as various because the warfare of the Roses, the Blitz, Stonehenge, Henry VIII, the suffragettes, the economic revolution, the NHS, the Suez main issue, the TUC, and the Afghan campaign.
Over 4,500 entries supply a wealth of truth and perception on all elements of the topic and from quite a few views, together with social, political, army, cultural, financial, medical, and feminist. Entries disguise not just monarchs, battles, and political occasions, but in addition the broader elements of British historical past over the centuries. New entries on subject matters similar to replacement vote, the 2008 monetary difficulty, Olympics in Britain, and the
Scottish Independence Referendum, and UKIP make sure that the spouse is still proper and present. priceless appendices comprise maps and genealogies, in addition to an issue index.
Coverage comprises authors, composers and musicians, felony and technical phrases, newspapers and periodicals, ranks and orders, activity and relaxation, and scholarship and schooling. if you prefer to discover historical past at the flooring, there also are entries on person counties, cathedrals, and church buildings, palaces and royal flats, and more than a few different websites of historic importance. in addition to delivering trustworthy actual details, the spouse additionally deals specific interpretation and
analysis, giving readers a feeling of ways occasions and personalities relate to one another, while its multi-disciplinary technique locations subject matters in a large context.
Whether you want to payment the date of the Peasants' riot, comprehend what occurred on the conflict of Imphal, learn about the historical past of maypoles, or examine the careers of successive Princes of Wales, The Oxford better half to British heritage is a booklet no domestic reference shelf will be without.
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