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The Eclipse of a Great Power: Modern Britain 1870-1992 (Foundations of Modern Britain Series)
by Robbins, Keith
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0582096111
- ISBN 13
- 9780582096110
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A: Longman Publishers, 1994. Second Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This is an updated edition of a book first published in 1983, with a new section covering the years 1975 to 1992; described by Paul Kennedy as "...a concise, balanced account of the past hundred years of British history...." this book covers all aspects of the British experience; it explores the domestic situation, including the problems of British industry, the relationship of town and country, the democratization of education, recreation, and culture, the shifting patterns of religious belief, and the changing relationships between England, Scotland, Wales, and the divided Ireland; it also explores the changing foreign role of a former great power poised between the Atlantic and European worlds, and between the memories of an imperial past and an uncertain future; the final section examines the impact of the Thatcher government on domestic politics and international affairs, including the ambivalent relationshp of Britain with the European Community; includes section of maps and compendium of information (pictorial cover with painting of Fleet Street on the cover, slight edgewear, abrasion at bottom of spine and corner of back cover; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)
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- House of Our Own Books (US)
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- Title
- The Eclipse of a Great Power: Modern Britain 1870-1992 (Foundations of Modern Britain Series)
- Author
- Robbins, Keith
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0582096111
- ISBN 13
- 9780582096110
- Publisher
- Longman Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1994
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