Britain in the Twentieth Century

In a unique style, this work focuses on the key topics within the period. Each topic is then comprehensively explored to provide background, essay writing advice and examples, source work and historical skills. From 1900 to the new millennium, the key topics featured include: Britain in a new century, 1900-1914; the First World War and its impact; inter-war domestic problems; British foreign policy, 1919-1939; Britain and the Second World War and social and economic change, 1945-1979.

Ian Cawood is Senior Lecturer in History at Newman College of Higher Education