The British vote to leave the European Union stunned everyone 2016, but was it really a surprise? In this revised and updated edition of A History of Britain: 1945 Through Brexit, award-winning historian Jeremy Black expands his reexamination of modern British history to include the Brexit process, the tumultuous administrations of Theresa May and Boris Johnson, the spectacular failure of Liz Truss, and the early days of Rishi Sunak's premiership.
This sweeping and engaging book traces Britain's path through the destruction left behind by World War II, Thatcherism, the threats of the IRA, the Scottish referendum, and on to the impact of waves of immigration from the European Union.
A History of Britain: 1945 Through Brexit overturns many conventional interpretations of significant historical events, provides context for current developments, and encourages the reader to question why we think the way we do about Britain's past.
By:
Jeremy Black
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 386g
ISBN: 9780253068439
ISBN 10: 0253068436
Pages: 292
Publication Date: 06 February 2024
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface: From Empire to Where? Prime Ministers from 1945 Abbreviations 1. Environment Under Strain 2. Economy Under Strain 3. Changing Society 4. Changing Culture 5. The After-Echoes of War, 1945–60 6. The Politics of Crisis, 1961–79 7. Thatcherism, 1979–90 8. Changing Directions, 1990–2022 9. British Issues, 1945–2022 10. European and World Questions 11. Into the Future 12. Conclusions Notes Selected Further Reading Index
Jeremy Black is the author of numerous books, including A Subject for Taste: Culture in Eighteenth-Century England; George III: America's Last King; England in the Age of Shakespeare; and Charting the Past: The Historical Worlds of Eighteenth-Century England. He is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Exeter and a Senior Fellow both of Policy Exchange and of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Black is a recipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize from the Society for Military History. Follow Black on his website, jeremyblackhistorian.wordpress.com.
