The British Isles Since 1945

Since 1945 Great Britain has gone through many changes: the loss of an empire economic decline and resurgence entry into Europe evolution into a multicultural society and devolution to name only the more obvious. In this book six distinguished historians each take a theme - politics international relations high middle and low culture social and economic policies the nature of civil society and Ireland - and set out the fundamental nature and development of each. These are set within the wider context of the Cold War and its impact both internationally and domestically; of the impact on politics economics and foreign policy of the decline of the pound and the attempts to arrest this; and finally of the growing impact of Europe.