List of illustrations
Preface
INTRODUCTIoN
1 EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN
2 FROM THE ANGLO-SCOTTI SH UNION TO THE UNION WITH
IRELAND
3 NINETEENTH-CENTURY BKITAIN
4 FItOM PITT TO PALMERSTON
5 FROM THE SECOND REFORM ACT TO THE BOER WAR
6 TWENTIETH·CENTURY BRiTAIN
7 FROM THE BOER WAR TO THE FIRST LABOUR
GOVERNMENT
8 FROM BALDWIN TO ATTLEE
9 FROM THE ACCES SION OF QuEEN ELIZABETH TO THE
ENTRY INT0 THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
EPILOGUE
Appendix:Monarchs and ministries,1707-1976
Guide to furtber reading
Index