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GREAT BRITAIN - HISTORY - 20TH CENTURY (4) answer(s).
 
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Britain Since 1930 / Shuter, Jane 2001  Book
Shuter, Jane Book
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Publication Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2001.
Description 32pLight Blue Spine
Series Explore History
Summary/Abstract Each double-page spread poses a question about an aspect of history and then answers it with the help of written and pictorial primary sources. Explores the effects of the Second World War on children, including topics such as Blitz and evacuation, and looks at the changes that have taken place in British life since the end of the war.
Contents What was it like for children in the Second World War? What was the Second World War? What was the Blitz? Why were children evacuated? What was it like to be an evacuee? What did people eat during the war? In what other ways might the war have affected people? What were children's experiences of the war? What has been done since to prevent another world war? How has life in Britain changed since 1948? How can we begin to find out about change since the Second World War? What are the changes in work and home life since 1948? When did these change happen? What are the changes in technology and popular culture since 1948? When did these change happen? What are the changes in Britain's population since 1948? When did these change happen? What links and connections can we make between the changes in British life since 1948? Timeline Glossary Index
Standard Number 0431102163 Pb.
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Emmeline Pankhurst / Downing, David 2002  Book
Downing, David Book
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Publication Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2002.
Description 64pCream Spine
Series Leading Lives
Summary/Abstract This book gives a fascinating account of how Emmeline Pankhurst defied the authorities and much of society around her, becoming the strongest female voice to call for women's right to vote. It further explores her leadership of the suffragette movement and the lasting impact she had on the course of history.
Contents A strange welcome home Childhood and youth Marriage and London Coming into her own The WSPU 'We women are roused' Fighting the good fight The suffragette war World War I Crusader without a crusade Legacy Timeline Key people of Pankhurst's time Places to visit and further reading Glossary Index
Standard Number 0431138699 Hb.
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Modern Times 1750-1990 - Think History! / Beechener, Caroline; Griffiths, Clive; Jacob, Amanda 2004  Book
Beechener, Caroline Book
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Publication Oxford, Heinemann Educational Publishers, 2004.
Description 223pPurple Spine
Series Think History!
Summary/Abstract Designed to support pupil's of all abilities and to improve their performance using Assessment for learning.
Contents Revolutions - 1. Were the changes in agriculture a revolution? 2. Were the changes in industry a revolution? 3. Working-class reactions : did everyone agree with the changes in agriculture and industry? 4. What political hurdles did people have to overcome to gain the vote? Rights and freedom - 5. From slavery to civil rights : what was the black person's experience of the USA? 6. How 'great' was the British Empire? 7. How did life change for Jews living in Europe, 1914-45? The changing nature of warfare in the twentieth century - 8. Why do wars happen? 9. How and why did twentieth century warfare change? 10. Has the impact of war on civilians changed during the twentieth century?
Standard Number 0435313708 Pb.
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Modern world history combined edition / McAleavy, Tony; Grey, Paul; Little, Rosemarie 2001  Book
McAleavy, Tony Book
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Edition 2008 (Reprint)
Publication Great Britain, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Description 272pGreen Spine
Series Cambridge History Programme
Summary/Abstract Matches the Core requirements of the OCR GCSE specifications and is also suitable for other GCSE History specifications.
Contents International Relations 1919-1989 - The Origins of the First World War The First World War The Russian Revolution Paris 1919 The Treaty of Versailles The other peace treaties Aftermath: the immediate consequences of the treaties A harsh treaty Review: the peace treaties of 1919-23 Setting up the League of Nations Reparations:the Dawes and Young Plans The spirit of Locarno The Rise of Hitler The Depression and international politics Crisis in Manchuria Mussolini and Italian fascism The conquest of Abyssinia Review:the rise and fall of the League of Nations From the Rhineland to the 'Anschluss' Munich and the destruction of Czechoslovakia Different views of Appeasement The Nazi-Soviet Pact Hitler's War Review: the 1930s-the road to war The Second World War The fall of the European Empires The roots of the Cold War 1945: the breakdown of the wartime alliance The Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe The Truman Doctrine and the Marshal Plan American motives at the start of the Cold War The Berlin Blockade and NATO The start of the Cold War Communist China The Korean War The Cuban Missile Crisis The Cold War and the Middle East The Vietnam War Review: Containing Communism Tito and Stalin The Red Army in Budapest and Prague Building the Berlin Wall Solidarity Gorbachev and the fall of the Soviet Empire Review: the Soviet Empire 1948-91 British History 1906-1918 - What was Britain like in 1900? Who ruled Britain in 1900? Poverty in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century Lloyd George and the Liberal social reforms Social reforms 1905-15 How effective were these reforms? Votes for women: the movement for female suffrage Votes for women: the campaigns The outbreak of war and British society Army recruitment Conscientious objectors Daily life during the war-the home front Women and the war effort British propaganda during the First World War The sinking of the Lusitania, May 1915 Women's suffrage The end of war and the beginning of peace:1918 Review:British Society 1906-18 Germany 1918-1945 The Weimar Republic The Spartacist Revolt Democracy in Weimar Germany Opposition to Weimar Germany,part one Opposition to Weimar Germany, part two 1924-29: stabilisation and recovery? The Nazi Party in the 1920s Art and Culture in the Weimar Republic Review: Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start? The Depression: Nazi Germany and the war Hitler comes to power From democracy to dictatorship Review:1930-34:Hitler's rise to power Prominent Nazis Coercion and consent Propaganda Nazi persecution Totalitarianism Young people in Nazi Germany Women and the family A popular regime? 1939-45: Germany at war Review: 1933-45: Hitler's Germany Index
Standard Number 9780521003841 Pb.
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