INTRODUCTION 1
1 EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN 4
2 FROM THE ANGLO-SCOTTISH UNION TO THE UNION WITH IRELAND 18
3 NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN 50
4 FROM PITT TO PALMERSTON 65
5 FROM THE SECOND REFORM ACT TO THE BOER WAR 89
6 TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITAIN 115
7 FROM THE BOER WAR TO THE FIRST LABOUR GOVERNMENT 131
8 FROM BALDWIN TO ATTLEE 155
9 FROM THE ACCESSION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH TO THE ENTRY INTO THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY 179
EPILOGUE 201
Appendix:Monarcbs and ministries,1707-1976 202
Guide to furtber reading 205
Index 206