Table of Contents
List of Contributors x
Introduction xv
Part I British Political Life
1 The Conservative Party, 1900–1939: From Crisis to Ascendancy 3 Philip Williamson
2 The Liberal Party, 1900–1939: Summit and Descent 23 Michael Bentley
3 The Politics of the Labour Movement, 1900–1939 38 Duncan Tanner
4 The Politics of National Efficiency and of War, 1900–1918 56 G. R. Searle
5 Scottish Issues in British Politics, 1900–1939 72 I. G. C. Hutchison
6 Wales and British Politics, 1900–1939 87 R. Merfyn Jones
7 Ireland and British Politics, 1900–1939 102 D. George Boyce
8 Women and Politics, 1900–1939 118 Christine Collette
Part II Britain and the World
9 Immigrants, Sojourners and Refugees: Minority Groups in Britain, 1900–1939 137 Anne J. Kershen
10 British Foreign Policy, 1900–1939 152 G. H. Bennett
11 The British Armed Forces, 1900–1939 167 David French
12 The Empire, 1900–1939 182 Martin Kitchen
13 The British Economy and the Empire, 1900–1939 198 B. R. Tomlinson
14 Britain in the International Economy, 1900–1939 212 Tim Rooth
15 The State and the Economy, 1900–1939 229 M. W. Kirby
Part III Social and Economic Developments
16 The City of London and British Banking, 1900–1939 249 R. C. Michie
17 Agriculture, Agrarian Society and the Countryside 270 Peter Dewey
18 Transport, 1900–1939 286 Colin Divall
19 Industry and Services: Employment and Unemployment 302 K. D. Brown
20 Industrial Relations in Britain, 1900–1939 319 Arthur J. McIvor
21 Social Structure, 1900–1939 337 Andrew Miles
22 Consumption and Consumer Behaviour 353 Sue Bowden
23 Social Welfare: Public and Private, 1900–1939 373 Keith Laybourn
24 Housing and Town Planning, 1900–1939 388 Helen Meller
25 Medicine and Public Health, 1900–1939 405 Steven Cherry
26 Education, 1900–1939 424 Roy Lowe
27 Crime, Police and Penal Policy 438 Clive Emsley
28 Leisure and Sport in Britain, 1900–1939 453 Peter J. Beck
29 Religion, 1900–1939 470 Stuart Mews
30 Culture in the Sceptr'd Isle 485 Anthony Sutcliffe
31 The Impact of the First World War 502 Chris Wrigley
32 Britishness 517 John K. Walton
Bibliography of Secondary Sources 532
Index 568
