Name: Access to History: Britain 1783-1885
Price: 34.79 USD
ISBN: 9781510458987

Hodder Education

Benjamin Armstrong

Access to History: Britain 1783-1885

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Exam board: AQA; Pearson Edexcel; OCR
Level: AS/A-level
Subject: History
First teaching: September 2015
First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)

Put your trust in the textbook series that has given thousands of A-level History students deeper knowledge and better grades for over 30 years.

Updated to meet the demands of today's A-level specifications, this new generation of Access to History titles includes accurate exam guidance based on examiners' reports, free online activity worksheets and contextual information that underpins students' understanding of the period.

- Develop strong historical knowledge: in-depth analysis of each topic is both authoritative and accessible

- Build historical skills and understanding: downloadable activity worksheets can be used independently by students or edited by teachers for classwork and homework

- Learn, remember and connect important events and people: an introduction to the period, summary diagrams, timelines and links to additional online resources support lessons, revision and coursework

- Achieve exam success: practical advice matched to the requirements of your A-level specification incorporates the lessons learnt from previous exams

- Engage with sources, interpretations and the latest historical research: students will evaluate a rich collection of visual and written materials, plus key debates that examine the views of different historians

Language

English

ISBN

9781510458987

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Contents

Dedication

Introduction: about this book

CHAPTER 1 Context

CHAPTER 2 Pitt’s Britain and the abolition of the slave trade 1783–1807

1 William Pitt the Younger as prime minister

2 Pitt’s reforms

3 Pressures faced by Pitt’s government

4 Opposition to reform

5 The abolition of the slave trade

6 Key debate: Which factors were most important in the abolition of slavery?

7 Key debate: How successful were Pitt’s domestic policies 1783–1806?

Question practice: AQA

Question practice: OCR

Question practice: Pearson Edexcel

CHAPTER 3 Government and a changing society 1812–32

1 The government of Lord Liverpool

2 Tory governments under Canning, Goderich and Wellington

3 The re-emergence of demands for popular reform

4 The passing of the Reform Act

5 The ‘Great Reform Act’?

6 Key debate: What was the nature of Liverpool’s government?

Question practice: AQA

Question practice: OCR

Question practice: Pearson Edexcel

CHAPTER 4 Foreign policy 1783–1830

1 Pitt’s pre-war foreign policy: ending isolation

2 Foreign policy during war 1793–1814

3 Foreign policy after war 1814–30

Question practice: OCR

CHAPTER 5 The industrialisation of Britain 1783–1832

1 The Industrial Revolution

2 The economic impact of the Industrial Revolution

3 The make-up of society

4 Changes to living conditions

Question practice: AQA

Question practice: Pearson Edexcel

CHAPTER 6 Government and democracy 1832–68

1 Whig and Tory politics in the 1830s

2 Peel as prime minister from 1841

3 Peel’s fall from power

4 Chartism

5 Changes to party political structures by 1866

6 The 1867 Reform Act

Question practice: AQA

Question practice: OCR

Question practice: Pearson Edexcel

CHAPTER 7 Gladstone and Disraeli’s rival ministries 1868–85

1 Rival statesmen

2 The competing ministries of Gladstone and Disraeli

3 Changes to the democratic process

Question practice: AQA

Question practice: Pearson Edexcel

CHAPTER 8 Industrialisation and the economy 1832–85

1 Economic developments of the 1830s and 1840s

2 Economic legislation in the 1840s

3 Mid-Victorian boom to 1873; Great Depression from 1873

Question practice: AQA

Question practice: OCR

Question practice: Pearson Edexcel

CHAPTER 9 Dealing with the poor: social developments 1832–85

1 The problem of poverty

2 Social reform 1832–53

3 Social reform 1853–85

4 Cooperative organisations and self-help

Question practice: AQA

Question practice: OCR

Question practice: Pearson Edexcel

CHAPTER 10 Changes to the workplace 1832–85

1 Changes to working conditions after 1832

2 The development of trade unions

3 Trade union activity 1866–85

4 Key debate: Had living conditions in Britain improved between 1793 and 1885?

Question practice: AQA

Question practice: OCR

Question practice: Pearson Edexcel

Exam focus: AQA

Exam focus: OCR

Exam focus: Pearson Edexcel

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