This timely new edition of the Longman Companion to Britain since 1945 (compiled by the series editors themselves) provides a wide-ranging compendium of key facts and figures on British history from the start of the landmark Attlee government in 1945 to the final years of the 1990s. The book embraces all major aspects of British history, government and society, reflecting the massive social, political and economic changes that have transformed the face of Britain since the end of the Second World War. Fully revised and updated, this new edition covers the advent of Tony Blair, the electoral victory of New Labour in 1997 and the major constitutional changes currently underway in Britain. This book will be invaluable to anyone interested in the history and politics of post-war Britain - from students and teachers to party activists and lovers of reader-friendly reference books.


The twentieth century was one of constant upheaval across Europe. The continent saw wars, revolutions and the collapse of empires and a range of leading figures from Stolypin and Stalin to Chirac, Schroder and Putin. This book provides a detailed yet wide-ranging guide to the turbulent events of twentieth century Europe. Covering the whole period from Tsarist Russia and Imperial Germany to the Balkan Wars of the 1990's and the final birth of the Euro in 2002, it provides a convenient user-friendly compendium of key fact and figures for the whole of Europe - from the Atlantic to the Urals.


This new reference book provides students, teachers and academics alike with a wealth of chronological, statistical and tabular information on nineteenth-century Britain. The book is remarkably comprehensive in its coverage, taking in political, social, economic, diplomatic and imperial history. Detailed information is provided on parliamentary reform, elections and the rise of political parties as well as a whole range of diverse topics including social reform, women and society, law and order, education, leisure, industrialisation, banking, and the armed forces.

This new Companion brings together a huge wealth of material on Britain in the long eighteenth century and reflects two decades of extensive research (much of it interdisciplinary) on what used to be known as the 'long' 18th century.

The Second World War

by John Stevenson

Published 30 June 2004