Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-2000

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Hope and Glory is a brilliant examination of the political, social and economic changes that transformed Britain throughout the twentieth century - considering how issues such as jobs and prices, food and shelter, and education and welfare have shaped Britain's society.For this second edition, Peter Clarke has brought his study right up to date, covering Britain from the fall of Thatcher to the rise of Blair's New Labour, the nation's role in the EU, and the books, films and music that have captured the spirit of the times. Embracing a century of national experience, Hope and Glory superbly conveys the diverse aspects of all the generations who lived through this era of unparalleled change.

Peter Clarke is Professor of Modern History and a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. He has published three major books on aspects of British political history in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including The Keynesian Revolution in the Making 1924-1936 (1988). He is the author of volume nine of the Penguin History of Britain, Hope and Glory, Britain 1900-1990. He writes regularly on history and politics for The Times Literary Supplement and the London Review of Books.