DICTIONARY OF BRITISH HISTORY by Cannon, John ISBN 019280121X
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This dictionary is a compact reference work on all aspects of the history of Britain from 55 BC to the present day. Over 3600 entries describe the people and events that have shaped and defined domestic, political, social, and cultural life in Britain over the past two millennia.
Drawing on The Oxford Companion to British History, published in 1997, The Dictionary of British History to be published in the very popular OPR series is a handy and invaluable reference work essential for anyone with an interest in British history and a need for a compact source covering 2000 years of history. In more than 3600 entries, over 100 specialist contributors describe the people and events that have shaped and defined domestic, political, social, and cultural life in Britain over the past two millennia. Entries cover a wide breadth of subject matter - people: philosophers (John Locke, Herbert Spencer), writers (Dickens, T. S. Eliot, Chaucer), composers (Elgar), politicians (Dilke, Disraeli) actors (Charlie Chaplin), royalty (Ine King of Wessex, house of Tudor). events: disasters (fire of London, Titanic), diseases (Cholera). domestic history: legal issues (jury system) and technical terms, newspapers and periodicals ( The Times), sport (squash) and leisure (chess), scholarship and education (public schools). local history: counties (Derbyshire, Warwickshire), towns (Chester, Ipswich), and cities (London). military history: battles (Battle of Britain, battle of Mynydd Carn, battle of Dollor), treaties (Locarno Treaties, treaty of Troyes), conflicts, and wars (war of Spanish succession, war of 1812). political history: reform (Speenhamland), civil unrest (Tolpuddle martyrs, Peterloo massacre), acts of parliament (Chimney Sweeps Act, Intolerable Acts, Riot Act), and governmental issues. economic and social history: important inventions and innovators (Richard Trevithick), movements for change (Chartism, British Association for the Advancement of Science, campaign for nuclear disarmament), reform, and changes in the economic climate (industrial revolution).
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DICTIONARY OF BRITISH HISTORY
[edit] Author
Cannon, John
[edit] ISBN
019280121X
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30/08/2001
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Oxford University Press
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paperback
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9.99 (GBP)
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