Sunday, December 27, 2015

Beckett, Promised You a Miracle: UK 80-82 (2015)

Andy Beckett.
Promised You a Miracle: UK 80-82.
London: Allen Lane (Penguin Random House), 2015.

Book information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.

Book excerpt: Andy Beckett, "Toxteth, 1981: the summer Liverpool burned – by the rioter and economist on opposite sides," The Guardian, 14 September 2015.

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Video and Events:

Book Reviews:

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Clarke, Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-2000, 2e (2004)

Peter Clarke.
Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-2000, second edition.
London: Penguin Books, 2004.

Book information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.

Book Series: The Penguin History of Britain

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Lectures and Video:

Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain, BBC, 2009.
Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain, Wikipedia.
These programs by Andrew Marr are an introduction to the period 1900-1945. The book associated with the television series is:
Andrew Marr, The Making of Modern Britain: From Queen Victoria to VE Day, London: Pan Books (Macmillan) 2009.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.]

Vernon Bogdanor, Gresham College, London.

James Vernon, Department of History, University of California, Berkeley.
Prof. Vernon's lectures cover some aspects of British history (social, cultural) that are not treated in much detail, if at all, in Peter Clarke's book.

Land of Hope and Glory; Jerusalem

Some Wikipedia Articles:
Other books on Britain, Twentieth Century, noted in this blog: