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OverviewThis Atlas covers British history from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. Topics include demography, agriculture, transport, trade, labour movements, religion, education, health and housing. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rex Pope , Rex PopePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 18.90cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 0.520kg ISBN: 9780415056335ISBN 10: 0415056330 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 22 November 1990 Audience: Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , College/higher education , Secondary , A / AS level Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Agriculture 2 The textile and chemicals industries 3 Metal, vehicle, and engineering industries 4 Coal, gas, and electricity 5 Transport and trade 6 Demographic changes 1701–1981 7 Employment and unemployment 8 Urbanization and living conditions 9 Labour movements 10 Education: late nineteenth-century disparities in provision 11 Religion 12 LeisureReviews` ... will enrich the understanding of students studying history at undergraduate and GCE advanced level, especially in light of the recent shift away from reliance on textbooks ... the approach to the subject adopted by Pope and his colleagues adds further weight to the contention that there can now be little justification for a return to `national' histories of the traditional type.' - Keith Burgess, Social History Society Newsletter ` ... solid, up to date history, providing a bedrock of information in the maps and texts, plus a decent bibliography for each chapter. A good book to possess, a good buy for a library.' - History Teaching Review ` ... certainly ... useful and stimulating adjunct to the usual text books in social and economic history.' - J.M. Wagstaff, Regional Studies ` ... provides its sixth form and undergraduate audience with an authoritative text and local colour drawn from the north of England.' - Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature `A useful source book for teachers and students.' - The Geographical Association `The maps provide absorbing representations of change: they suggest questions and new problems for study. The atlas should be widely used.' - M.J. Wise, Geographical Journal ` ... will enrich the understanding of students studying history at undergraduate and GCE advanced level, especially in light of the recent shift away from reliance on textbooks ... the approach to the subject adopted by Pope and his colleagues adds further weight to the contention that there can now be little justification for a return to `national' histories of the traditional type.' - Keith Burgess, Social History Society Newsletter ` ... solid, up to date history, providing a bedrock of information in the maps and texts, plus a decent bibliography for each chapter. A good book to possess, a good buy for a library.' - History Teaching Review ` ... certainly ... useful and stimulating adjunct to the usual text books in social and economic history.' - J.M. Wagstaff, Regional Studies ` ... provides its sixth form and undergraduate audience with an authoritative text and local colour drawn from the north of England.' - Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature `A useful source book for teachers and students.' - The Geographical Association `The maps provide absorbing representations of change: they suggest questions and new problems for study. The atlas should be widely used.' - M.J. Wise, Geographical Journal Author InformationRex Pope, Lancashire Polytechnic Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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