England in the Twentieth Century

O čom je kniha England in the Twentieth Century?

To many of us figures like Asquith and Lloyd George already seem almost as remote as Walpole and Pitt.

Fifty years have provided two world wars, countless revolutions, a world slump, the rise and fall of dictators, and scientific and technical advances on an unprecedented scale. During this time England has become more fully a democracy, has pioneered the concept of the Welfare State, and laid the foundations of a multi-racial Commonwealth.

It is easy to see that the story of Britain in our century can hardly fail to be as fascinating and dramatic as it is important. In this volume of the Pelican History of England the late Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, has not only managed to stand back from the times : he has also accomplished and extraordinary feat of compression and, in describing an age of revolution, underlined the significance of continuity. (Založil/a: minusha97)