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This is a book-length study of Britain's presence in China both at its peak, and during its inter-war dissolution in the face of assertive Chinese nationalism and declining British diplomatic support.

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'Britain in India, 1858-1947' examines the last ninety years of British India, from the establishment of Crown rule after the Mutiny to withdrawal and partition in 1947.

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The first millennium in British history, a period framed by two invasions and conquests from across the Channel, is given a fresh portrayal in this account.

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This volume provides documents to evaluate claims that the war introduced a sense of social solidarity and social idealism which led to a consensus on welfare state reform. It provides evidence on crime, race relations and anti-semitism, women, health and the family, in addition to examining the Blitz, evacuation and the making of social policy.

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Starting with an assessment of the material, political, cultural and moral resources Britain brought to the twentieth century, the author turns to how events and the actions of Lloyd George, Churchill, Thatcher and Blair had an impact upon them, debating the nature of success, and what the future might hold for the country.

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Looking at the historical evolution of the central political institutions, and the social milieu surrounding them, this book helps to explain Britain's pre-eminence during the nineteenth century.

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Using newly discovered sources from the French and Scottish archives this exciting new book challenges our fundamental assumptions regarding the emergence of the fully British state in the early eighteenth century.

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Using newly discovered sources from the French and Scottish archives this exciting new book challenges our fundamental assumptions regarding the emergence of the fully British state in the early eighteenth century.

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Focusing primarily on the connections between Britain's sterling and balance of payments policy, colonial economic policy, and the British government's decision to transfer power to colonial people, Hinds (history, U. of the West Indies-Mona) explores the nature of economic relations between Britain

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The coastline of Victorian and Edwardian Britain provided beauty, entertainment and a venue for most people's holidays. But it was also a thriving centre of industry - shipbuilding and fishing. This book travels around Britain's coast - clockwise from London - looking at the industries that could be found at many of the cities and towns en route.

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This book recounts a little-known history of an estimated 2,000 children born to black GIs and white British women in world war 11. Stories from over 50 of these children, alongside many photographs, reveal the racism and stigma of growing up in what was then a very white country. -- .

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Isolated by much of the world for its conduct of the war in Vietnam, the United States saw British support as a key component of its efforts to sway public opinion.

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This study examines British policy in the Balkans after World War I. The author argues that Britain took the lead in inflicting territorial losses on Bulgaria and was the main factor in shaping the Treaty of Neuilly in 1919.

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Suitable for students of British or French Political History or the origins of World War II in Europe, this book investigates the course of Anglo-French policy in Europe from 1936 to 1938, a critical period during which France was governed by a series of Popular Front coalition Ministries.

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Suitable for students of British or French Political History or the origins of World War II in Europe, this book investigates the course of Anglo-French policy in Europe from 1936 to 1938, a critical period during which France was governed by a series of Popular Front coalition Ministries.