Modern Britain since 1979

Readers are essential tools for students, where vital extracts from key _x000D_ source materials, carefully chosen by historians in daily contact with _x000D_ student needs and course requirements, are pared to essentials, explained and placed into context. The introductions and explanatory materials are vital in giving the latest and `state of the art' historiography, and providing ideas and summaries - so important for essay writing and _x000D_ examinations. Readers are therefore in wide use in universities in the both _x000D_ Britain and North America as combining the old strengths of individual _x000D_ detailed study guided by specialists with access to original materials, _x000D_ often scarce in contemporary colleges._x000D_ _x000D_ Keith Laybourn and Christine Collette, established authors with extensive _x000D_ experience of teaching and modern student needs, have put together a _x000D_ carefully selected collection of materials culled from primary and secondary sources and covering the major themes of British history from Margaret Thatcher to Tony Blair and ranging from `Thatcherism'; the Welfare State,`rolling back' and Blairite `Third Way'; the attack on trade unionism; the fall of `Old' and the rise of `New' Labour; The Social Democratic Party, Liberals and Liberal Democrats; rise of nationalist parties in Scotland and Wales and develotion; the European debate; Eurocommunism and the end of the Cold war and collapse of the Communist Party; the feminist and gender debate and position of women in British society; immigration and racial equality; Ireland; Conclusion; Bibliograpical essay.