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A History of the British Isles: Prehistory to the Present de Prof. Kenneth L. Campbell

A History of the British Isles: Prehistory to the Present

Autor Prof. Kenneth L. Campbell
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CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2017A History of the British Isles is a balanced and integrated political, social, cultural and religious history of the British Isles in all its complexity, exploring the constantly evolving dialogue and relationship between the past and the present.A wide range of topics and questions are addressed for each period and territory discussed, including England's Wars of the Roses of the 15th century and their influence on court politics during the 16th century; Ireland's Rebellion of 1798, the Potato Famine of the 1840s and the Easter Rising of 1916; the two World Wars and the Great Depression; British cultural and social change during the 1960s; and the history and future of the British Isles in the present day.Kenneth Campbell integrates the histories of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales by exploring common themes and drawing on comparative examples, while also demonstrating how those histories are different, making this a genuinely integrated text. Campbell's approach allows readers to appreciate the history of the British Isles not just for its own sake, but for the purposes of understanding our current political divisions, our world and ourselves.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781474216685
ISBN-10: 1474216684
Pagini: 480
Ilustrații: 40 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 169 x 244 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.84 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Comprehensive one-volume survey suitable for courses in the History of the British Isles written in a style and format that is accessible to the general reader

Notă biografică

Kenneth L. Campbell is Professor of History at Monmouth University, USA. He is the author of Ireland's History: From Prehistory to the Present (2013) and Western Civilization: A Global and Comparative Approach, Volumes I & II (2012).

Cuprins

Introduction: Approaches to the History of the British Isles1. Peoples and Places: The Beginnings of Regional Identities from Prehistoric Times to the Early Middle Ages2. Conquest, Colonization, and Culture: The High Middle Ages from ca. 1000 to 1348 3. Plague, Politics, and Power: The Later Middle Ages from the Black Death to the Beginnings of the Reformation4. Religion, Warfare, and Dynastic Politics: The Tudors and the Stewarts in the Sixteenth Century5. From Stewart to Stuart: The Monarchy and the Three Kingdoms, 1603 to 1642 6. Interregnum and Restoration: From Cromwell to the Battle of the Boyne7.The Revolution Settlement, the 1707 Act of Union, and the Jacobites: From the Treaty of Limerick to the Battle of Culloden8. Reform and Rebellion: Political Culture in the Britain and Ireland in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century 9. War with France and Its Aftermath: 1801-1832 10. The Victorian Period: Politics, Society, and Culture in the Nineteenth Century11. Britain's Moment as a World Power: The British Empire in the Nineteenth Century 12. In the Shadow of the Great War, ca. 1890-1918 13. Peace and War, 1919-194514. The Post-War Period, 1945 to 1960: Social Change and the End of Empire15. Change, Instability, and Adjustment: ca. 1960-197916. Demands, Disappointments, Hopes, and Promises: ca. 1979-2004 Conclusion: History and the Future of the British Isles in the Twenty-First CenturyBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

This is a bold book in its chronological range and synoptic vision. Kenneth Campbell has an outsider's penetrating eye in exploring, century on century, the complex ways in which Britain and Ireland have evolved. There could be no better time than the present to study this guide to their past.
Kenneth Campbell's A History of the British Isles: Prehistory to Present draws upon the latest scholarship to provide a lively narrative that embeds political developments in a rich cultural and social context. Its accessible prose and comprehensive scope will make it valuable as a text for both introductory and more advanced surveys of British history.
In this compelling survey of the British Isles from prehistory to the present, Kenneth Campbell skillfully blends narrative and analysis in a satisfying synthesis. His scholarship is fresh and up to date, his conclusions are judicious and his writing is crystal clear. The book will serve as an invaluable introduction for undergraduates, a useful aid for teachers and an engaging text for general readers.
It is ironic that good, recent, comprehensive histories of Britain are so hard to find, when the minutiae of British history have provided topics for thousands of publications over the past 20 years. Campbell (Monmouth Univ.) addresses this scarcity splendidly in his clear and lively text, incorporating traditional and recent scholarship with a deft hand that avoids the burden of dry prose. In one section, the author explains that the geographic mobility traditionally considered one of the consequences of the 14th-century Black Death actually had begun before the outbreak of the epidemic, as had political discontent among the population, also traditionally attributed to the plague's aftermath. He points out that the psychological effects of the plague had a significant impact on the interdependence of survivors. Instead of loosening the bonds of community, the experience of the Black Death strengthened connections, even where people moved to other places, creating what Campbell refers to as "networks of village relationships." In essence, the Black Death only hastened changes that would have occurred eventually. Excellent. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries.