1. Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1 Hands Off the People’s Food 1900–1908
A TRADING NATION – IMPERIALISM – JOE’S WARS – THE ROAD TO 1906 – THE ROAD TO BIARRITZ
WELFARE – A POPULAR CULTURE – FISCAL CRISIS – IRELAND – THE POLITICS OF WAR
3 The Man Who Won the War 1916–22
THE WESTERN FRONT – LLOYD GEORGE AND THE WAR – WOMEN AND LABOUR – LLOYD GEORGE AND THE PEACE
COMMUNICATIONS – RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT – ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES – BALDWIN IN POWER
BRICKS AND MORTAR – CRISIS – CHURCH AND STATE – CULTURE AND POLITICS – NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
APPEASEMENTS – FINEST HOUR – BLOOD AND TEARS – WHOSE GOOD WAR?
7 Let Us Face the Future 1945–55
CRADLE TO GRAVE – THE POST-WAR SETTLEMENT – ONE WAR TOO MANY – CHURCHILL (AGAIN)
8 Never Had It So Good 1955–63
A CONSUMER CULTURE – EDEN’S WAR – ‘SUPERMAC’ – ANGRY
YOUTH – CONSENSUS POLITICS – SOCIAL POLICY – RECOVERY
10 Winters of DisContentsTextIndent1 1970–79
BRITONS? – TWEEDLEDEE – QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY – TWEEDLEDUM
GENDER – THATCHERISM – VALUES – BOOM AND BUST
MAJOR TO MINOR – NEW LABOUR – CELEBRITY! – THE RULE OF LAW