poverty and 1, 2
pre-sixties 1, 2, 3
Religious Census (1851) 1, 2
the sixties and 1
Victorian era 1, 2
in Wales 1
Rent Act (1968) 1
Restriction of Ribbon Development Act (1935) 1
Reynolds, Albert 1
Ridley, Nicholas 1
Robertson, Thomas 1
Robinson, John 1
Rolls-Royce 1
Romanes, George 1
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel 1
Rowntree, (Benjamin) Seebohm 1
rural areas
environmental issues 1
indentity 1, 2
Labour Party and 1
leisure pursuits and 1
population 1, 2, 3, 4
preservation and 1
public health and 1
social tensions and 1
transformation of 1
urban life impacts on 1
Victorian era 1
Rushdie, Salman 1
Ruskin, John 1
Russell, Bertrand 1
Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell 1
Russia 1, 2–4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12–6
Sainsbury, John 1
Salvation Army 1
Sassoon, Siegfried 1, 2
Sayers, Dorothy L. 1, 2
Scargill, Arthur 1
Scotland
devolution and 1, 2, 3, 4
engineering and shipbuilding 1
history of Britain and 1
housing 1
nationalism and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
rural areas 1, 2
townscapes in 1
see also Wales; Northern Ireland
Scott, Sir George Gilbert 1, 2
Scott, William Bell 1
Scottish Conservative Associations, National Union of 1
Scottish Home Rule Association (SHRA) 1
Scottish Patriotic Association 1
Second World War 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
see also First World War
service economy 1, 2, 3
Sex Discrimination Act (1976) 1
sex and sexuality 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
homosexuality and lesbianism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Sexual Offences Act (1967) 1
Shaw, George Bernard 1, 2
Shaw, Norman 1
shipbuilding 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Shore, Peter 1
Sikhs 1
Single European Act (1986) 1, 2
Sinn Fein 1, 2, 3
slate industries 1
Smith, Iain Duncan 1
Snow, Dr John 1
social criticism 1
Social Democratic Party 1
Social Insurance and Allied Services report (1942) 1
social welfare
the Church and 1, 2, 3, 4
health and medicine and 1, 2, 3
institutionalization of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
politics and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
poverty and 1, 2
social segretation (‘underclass’) 1, 2
women and 1
socialism 1, 2, 3
Special Areas Act (1934) 1
Speck, W.A. 1
sport and outdoor pursuits 1, 2, 3
Stanford, Sir Charles Villiers 1
Statute of Westminster (1931) 1
steel industries 1, 2, 3, 4
Stephenson, Robert 1, 2, 3
Stephenson, Rev. Thomas 1
Stopes, Marie 1
Straw, Jack 1
Street, G.E. 1
Suez Crisis (1956) 1, 2, 3
Sullivan, Sir Arthur 1, 2
Sumner, John Andrew Hamilton, Viscount 1
Sunningdale Agreement (1973) 1
suburbia, rise of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
sixties
cultural changes 1, 2, 3
gender roles 1
music 1
religion 1
sexuality and hedonism 1
society and culture before 1
taxation
advertising 1
building materials 1
food imports and 1
health and medicine and 1, 2
newspapers 1, 2
north-south contrast 1
‘People’s Budget’ (1909) 1
as a political issue 1, 2, 3
‘Thatcherism’ and 1
to fund wars 1, 2, 3
see also economy
telegraph 1, 2, 3
television 1, 2, 3
British history and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
‘Britishness’ and 1, 2
cinema and 1
consumerism and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
gender issues and 1
Television Act (1954) 1
temperance movement (teetotalism) 1, 2
Temple, William (Archbp.) 1
Tennyson, Alfred 1
terrorism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Terry, Ellen 1
textile industries 1, 2, 3
Thatcher, Margaret 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
theatre and plays 1, 2
the thirties 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
time, standardization of 1, 2, 3
Tippett, Michael 1
Tory Party see Conservative Party
tourism and travel 1
Town and Country Planning Acts (1932, 1944, 1947, 1969) 1, 2
Town Planning Act (1909) 1
townscapes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Trade Disputes Act (1906) 1
trade (foreign) 1, 2–5, 3, 4, 5–2, 6, 7, 8, 9
trade unions 1–4, 2, 3, 4–6, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
transportation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
see also motor cars; railways
Treaty of Accession (1972) 1
Treaty of Paris (1856) 1
Treaty of Rome (1957) 1
Treaty of Versailles (1919) 1
Trollope, Anthony 1, 2, 3
Trunk Roads Programme (1929) 1
Tudor Walters Report (1918) 1
Tyneside 1
unemployment 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Crisis (1929–31) 1
government provision for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
late 2000s 1
‘Thatcher Years’ 1
the thirties 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Unemployment Act (1934) 1
United States
foreign investment and 1
health and medicine 1
influence on Britain 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
manufacturing output 1
relationship with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
terrorism and 1, 2, 3
Unseaworthy Ships Act (1876) 1
Unstead, R.J. 1
urbanization 1, 2, 3, 4–4
commuting and 1
housing 1, 2
leisure pursuits and 1
migration and 1, 2
rise of suburbia 1, 2
rural areas and 1
social welfare and 1
townscapes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
wildlife and 1
Vaughan Williams, Ralph 1, 2, 3
Victoria, Queen 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
‘Victorian values’ 1, 2, 3, 4
Vindication of Scottish Rights, National Association of 1, 2
voting (political franchise) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Wales 1, 2, 3, 4
coal mining industries 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
de-industrialization 1
devolution and 1, 2
disestablishment of the Church in 1, 2, 3
history of Britain and 1, 2
migration from Ireland and England 1
nationalism 1, 2, 3, 4
Nonconformity 1, 2
politics and 1, 2
slate industries 1, 2
use of English language 1, 2
see also Northern Ireland; Scotland
Walton, Sir William 1
water supplies 1, 2, 3, 4
Waterhouse, Alfred 1
Waterhouse, J.W. 1
; welfare state 1, 2, 3–90, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Wells, H.G. 1, 2, 3
Wentworth, Patricia 1, 2
West Indies 1
Wiener, Martin 1
Wilde, Oscar 1, 2, 3
Wilkinson, Ellen (‘Red Ellen’) 1, 2
Wilson, Harold 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Wine and Beerhouse Act (1869) 1
Wodehouse, P.G. 1
Wolfenden Commission (1957) 1
women 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
working-classes 1, 2, 3, 4
the Church and 1, 2
health and medicine 1, 2, 3
leisure pursuits 1, 2, 3, 4
‘middle-class lifestyles’ 1
politics and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 6, 7, 8
see also class structure; middle-classes; poverty
Workmen’s Compensation Act (1897) 1
youth culture 1, 2
About the Author
Jeremy Black is one of the country’s most respected historians. Andrew Roberts described him as the ‘most underrated thinker in Britain’. He is Professor of History at Exeter University and a renowned expert on the history of war. He appears regularly on TV and radio, including BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time. This title is his 100th single-author book.
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