Oxford AQA History: A Level and AS Component 2: Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition 1906-1957
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Language
English
ISBN
9780198364023
Contents
Introduction to features
AQA History specification overview
Introduction to the Oxford AQA History series
Timeline
Introduction
PART ONE: AS AND A LEVEL SOCIETY IN CRISIS, 1906–1929
SECTION 1 The Liberal crisis, 1906–1914
1 The Liberal governments
The 1906 election
New Liberalism
The influence of Campbell-Bannerman, Asquith, Lloyd George and Churchill
The position of Labour and the Conservatives
Summary
5 Politics in wartime
The political impact of the war; the 1915 coalition
Lloyd George and Liberal division
The influence of the Labour party and the 1918 constitution
The ‘coupon election’ of 1918, the Lloyd George coalition and Bonar Law
The Lloyd George coalition: policies, problems and the fall of Lloyd George
Summary
9 Political developments
The decline of the Liberals
The 1923 election
The first Labour government, 1924
The resurgence of the Conservatives and Baldwin’s government, 1924–29
The roles of Baldwin, Churchill and Chamberlain
Summary
2 The state of the economy
Staples
New industries
Agriculture
Trade and invisible earnings
Economic concerns and external competition
Summary
3 Social issues
Class divisions
Poverty
Changes in taxation and the People’s Budget
Reasons for the Liberal government’s social and welfare legislation
The social and welfare reforms
The effect of the social and welfare legislation
Summary
4 Challenges and crises
The constitutional crisis of 1909–11
The issue of female emancipation
Irish Home Rule
Industrial unrest
Summary
SECTION 2 The impact of war, 1914–1922
6 Economic issues
Britain’s wartime economy
Housing and austerity
Trade unions and post-war industrial problems
The position of the staple industries and trade
Summary
7 The social and cultural impact of war
The role of women
The reform of the franchise
Unions and Labour
Cultural change
Issues of patriotism and conscientious objectors
The effects of the trenches on soldiers and the war poets
Summary
8 Ireland
The Easter Rising
The war of independence, 1919–21
The Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1921
Summary
SECTION 3 The search for stability, 1922–1929
10 Economic issues
Post-war economic readjustment
The problems of the coal mines
Industrial disputes and the General Strike
Summary
11 Social and cultural change
Unemployment and regional division
The post-war roles of women
The growth of the media
The cultural reaction to war
Summary
12 The 1929 election
The impact of the franchise extension: the ‘flapper vote’
The 1929 Election
The new Labour government: MacDonald and Snowden and their aims
The state of Britain by 1929
Summary
PART TWO: A LEVEL THE EMERGENCE OF THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY, 1929–1957
SECTION 4 ‘The Hungry Thirties’, 1929–1939
13 Political developments
The 1929 Labour Government
Domestic policies and response to economic problems
The reasons for and policies of the National Government of 1931
The leadership of MacDonald, Baldwin and Chamberlain
Summary
17 Political developments
The fall of Chamberlain
Churchill as a wartime leader
The coalition government
The reasons for Labour victory in 1945
Attlee as Prime Minster
Labour ideology and aims
Summary
21 Conservative governments and reasons for political dominance
Churchill, Eden and Macmillan as political leaders
Domestic policies
Internal Labour divisions
Consensus politics
Summary
14 Economic issues
The Depression and the financial crisis
Changes to economic policy
Industry, trade and agriculture
Summary
15 The Social and cultural impact of the Depression
Changes in working opportunities and living standards
National Government social policies
Social and regional division
Literary responses, radio and cinema
Social and cultural responses to international crises
Summary
16 Challenges to stability
The abdication crisis
Radical political groups: the BUF and communism
Summary
SECTION 5 The People’s War and Peace, 1939–1951
18 Economic issues
Mobilisation of resources during wartime
The post-war economic adjustment
Labour’s post-war balance of payments problems and policies
Nationalisation
Summary
19 The social and cultural impact of total war
Conscription
The impact of war on women and children
Civil liberties and restrictions
Propaganda
The Blitz
Plans for reconstruction
The policies of the post-war Labour government
Summary
20 Britain by 1951
The Festival of Britain
Continuing austerity
Labour divisions
Conservative reorganisation and the elections of 1950 and 1951
Summary
SECTION 6 ‘Never had it so good’? 1951–57
22 Economic Developments
The post-war boom
Balance of payments issues and ‘stop-go’ policies
Summary
23 Social and cultural developments
Rising living standards
The impact of affluence and consumerism
Changing social attitudes and behaviour
Class and ‘the Establishment’
The position of women
Summary
24 Britain by 1957
Issues relating to New Commonwealth migrants and race-relations
Nuclear concerns and the formation of CND
Summary
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index
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