The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain

Description

This beautifully illustrated volume tells the story of Britain and its people over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Encompassing political, social, economic, and cultural developments throughout the British Isles, the dramatic narrative is taken upin turn by ten leading historians who offer the fruits of the best modern scholarship to the general reader in an authoritative form, illuminating their text with carefully chosen pictures and maps.A vivid, sometimes surprising picture emerges of a continuous turmoil of change in every period, and the wider social context of political and economic tension is made clear. But consensus, no less than conflict, is a part of the story: in focusing on elements of continuity down the centuries, theauthors bring out that special awareness of identity which has been such a distinctive feature of British society. By relating both these factors in the British experience, and by exploring the many ways in which Britain has shaped and been shaped by contact with Europe and the wider world, thislandmark work brings the reader face to face with the past, and the foundations of modern British society.The new edition, the first for almost twenty years, brings the story into the twenty-first century, covering the changes to British society and culture during the Blair years and the invasion of Iraq and its aftermath.

Get the book

Amazon.com

Search the book

eBay.com

Search the book

Other editions

• 

  The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain

  • 2000
  • 724 pages
  • Paperback
  • Oxford University Press, USA
• 

  The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain

  • 1984
  • 700 pages
  • Paperback
  • Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press

Similar books

• 

  Chronicles of Border Warfare; Or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian...

  By Alexander Scott Withers

  Chronicles of Border Warfare; Or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian...

• 

  The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: January 1-October 31, 1876

  By Ulysses Simpson Grant

  After whites massacred black militia in South Carolina, Grant warned that unchecked persecution would lead to "bloody revolution." As violence spread, Grant struggled to position limited forces where they could do the most good.

• 

  The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: October 1, 1880-December 31, 1882

  By Ulysses Simpson Grant

  Initial enthusiasm soon gave way to rancor, as factions split over where to place the fair. Grant favored Central Park, but public sentiment intervened, and funding evaporated. By March, Grant resigned.

• 

  Clive M. McCay and Jeanette B. McCay - History of Work with Soyfoods, the New York State Emergency Food Commission,...

  By William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi

  Clive M. McCay and Jeanette B. McCay - History of Work with Soyfoods, the New York State Emergency Food Commission,...

• 

  The Ecology and Management of Wetlands: Volume 2: Management, Use and Value of Wetlands

  By Donal D. Hook

  Volume 2: Management, Use and Value of Wetlands Donal D. Hook, W. H. Mckee Jr, H. K. Smith, J. Gregory, V. G. Burrell Jr, ... Chapter Thirty - four AQUACULTURE IN MANGROVE WETLANDS : A PERSPECTIVE FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA James P. McVey ...

• 

  Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World

  By Peter I. Bogucki

  Michael S. Bisson , S. Terry Childs , Philip de Barros , and Augustin F. C. Holl , Ancient African Metallurgy : The Socio - Cultural Context ( Walnut Creek , Calif .: AltaMira Press , 2000 ) . Moses I. Finley , The Ancient Economy ...

• 

  Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass Three-volume Set

  By Paul Finkelman

  The latter, Morgan argues, brought more autonomy to slaves and created conditions by which they could carve out an African ... Holton, Woody. Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, and Slaves and the Making of the American Revolution.

• 

  Religion Past & Present: Encyclopedia of Theology and Religion

  By Hans Dieter Betz

  In the D. Emeis & K.H. Schmitt , Handbuch der Gemeindekatechese , northern German dioceses , the most commonly used 1986 • F.-P. Tebartz - van Elst , “ Gemeindliche Katechese , ” in : catechism was B.H. - Overberg's Katechismus der ...

• 

  Literature Connections to American History, K-6: Resources to Enhance and Entice

  By Lynda G. Adamson

  ... illus., 1620 Brooks, Philip, 314-15 Brower, Pauline, 316 Brown, Bradford, illus., 1778-79 Brown, Charnan, 317 Brown, Don, author/illus., 318 Brown, Drollene P., 319-20 Brown, Fern G., 321-23 Brown, Gene, 324-27 Brown, Jane Clark, ...

• 

  The Corporation and the Constitution

  By Larry E. Ribstein, Henry N. Butler

  See LARRY SABATO , PAC POWER ( 1984 ) ( showing that only 17 % of corporate PACs do any shareholder solicitation ) ; Bernadette A. Budde , Business - Related Political Action Committees , 3 J. L. & POLITICS 440 , 456 ( 1987 ) . 48.