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  • An Injury to All

    The Unmaking of the British Working Class

    by Ewan Gibbs ...
    Whatever happened to the working class? A compelling new social history of Britain since 1945From the picket lines of the Miners' Strike to the Amazon warehouses of today, the British working class has been pushed from the center of political life to its margins, though not without a fight. But how did a force that once shaped nations become invisible?Historian Euan Gibbs reconstructs what was ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Coal Country

    The Meaning and Memory of Deindustrialization in Postwar Scotland

    by Ewan Gibbs ...
    Series series New Historical Perspectives
    The flooding and subsequent closure of Scotland’s last deep coal mine in 2002 brought a centuries long saga to an end. Villages and towns across the densely populated Central Belt owe their existence to coal mining’s expansion during the nineteenth century and its maturation in the twentieth. Colliery closures and job losses were not just experienced in economic terms: they had profound ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

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  • The Battle for Britain

    Scotland and the Independence Referendum

    by David Torrance ...
    On 18 September 2014, Scots will decide their future: should the country quit the United Kingdom and take control of its own destiny, or should it remain part of what advocates call the most successful political and economic union of modern times? Everyone in the country has a stake in this decision. Now, in this fascinating and insightful new book, David Torrance charts the countdown to the big ... Read more

    $12.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Held in contempt

    What’s wrong with the House of Commons?

    by Hannah White ...
    The House of Commons is increasingly held in contempt by the British public. From attending parties during the Covid-19 lockdown to taking payment for lobbying, MPs undermine their credibility by acting as if the rules they set for others should not apply to them. Still far from representative of the country they govern from the ancient and crumbling Palace of Westminster, MPs appear detached from ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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  • Industrial Efficiency and State Intervention

    Labour 1939-1951

    by Dr Nick Tiratsoo, Nick Tiratsoo, Jim Tomlinson ...
    Nick Tiratsoo and Jim Tomlinson describe and assess the Labour Party's development of a policy of improving industrial efficiency. They concentrate on the debates and initiatives of the wartime period and subsequent implementation of policy under Attlee. The book modifies existing historiography in two ways - it shows that the Labour Party of 1945-51 was concerned mainly with industrial ... Read more

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  • My Scotland, Our Britain

    A Future Worth Sharing

    by Gordon Brown ...
    My Scotland, Our Britain: A Future Worth Sharingis a highly personal account of Gordon Brown's Scotland, the nation he was born in, and our Britain, the multinational state that the Scots, English, Welsh and Northern Irish have created and share.Laying bare his family's ancestry over 300 years of the Union and explaining how it shaped his background, Brown charts what it was like growing up in ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Caledonian Dreaming

    The Quest for a Different Scotland

    by Gerry Hassan ...
    Series Book 1 - Open Scotland
    A different Scotland is possible. Caledonian Dreaming: The Quest for a Different Scotland offers a penetrating and original way forward for Scotland beyond the current independence debate. It identifies the myths of modern Scotland, describes what they say and why they need to be seen as myths. Hassan argues that Scotland is already changing, as traditional institutions and power decline and new ... Read more

    $11.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • British Labour Leaders

    by Charles Clarke, Toby S. James ...
    As the party that championed trade union rights, the creation of the NHS and the establishment of a national minimum wage, Labour has played a crucial role in the shaping of British society. And yet the leaders who have stood at its helm – from Keir Hardie to Sir Keir Starmer, via Clement Attlee, Tony Blair and Jeremy Corbyn – have steered the party vessel with enormously varying degrees of ... Read more

    $24.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fortress London

    Why we need to save the country from its capital

    by Sam Bright ...
    A vividly written and timely polemic tackling the burning injustices shaping British society today.‘Intelligently written and powerfully argued.’ Paul Mason‘Witty, scathing, and entertaining.’ Danny DorlingJournalist Sam Bright is a Northerner living in London. He is just one of the millions of people clinging on to the coattails of the capital, sucked in by the prospect of opportunities that the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Our NHS

    A History of Britain's Best Loved Institution

    by Andrew Seaton ...
    An engaging, inclusive history of the NHS, exploring its surprising survival—and the people who have kept it runningIn recent decades, a wave of appreciation for the NHS has swept across the UK. Britons have clapped for frontline workers and championed the service as a distinctive national achievement. All this has happened in the face of ideological opposition, marketization, and workforce crises ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • John Major: An Unsuccessful Prime Minister?

    Reappraising John Major

    Edited by Kevin Hickson, Ben Williams ...
    This year marks the twentieth anniversary of one of the most momentous general elections this country has ever seen. John Major's defeat in 1997 ended a record eighteen years of Tory government, prompting accusations of failure and ignominy.A controversial leader, Major oversaw numerous crises in international and domestic policy. Between 1990 and 1997, he presided over Britain's participations in ... Read more

    $20.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Scottish Political System Since Devolution

    From New Politics to the New Scottish Government

    by Paul Cairney ...
    This book presents a narrative of Scottish politics since devolution in 1999. It compares eight years of coalition government under Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats with four years of Scottish National Party minority government.It outlines the relative effect of each government on Scottish politics and public policy in various contexts, including: high expectations for ‘new ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus