British History For Dummies Illustrated Edition英国史傻瓜书，插图版

出版时间：2008-12  作者：Sean Lang  页数：470  
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内容概要

History is always a popular subject and British history has created some of the most lively and fascinating stories there are! Britain as we know it today has been shaped by centuries of political turmoil between state and church, as well as international conflicts, making its history a fascinating insight into how modern Britain has emerged.     For this special, hardback edition of British History For Dummies, we’ve added over 100 black and white and colour photos for an even more explosive experience of British history.     British History For Dummies Illustrated Edition:     British history is still a major topic of interest, emphasised by the continual TV coverage and documentaries     Inside you’ll find rip-roaring stories of power-mad kings, executions, invasions, high treason, global empire-building and forbidden love- not bad     for a nation of stiff upper lips!     Includes fascinating information in the fun For Dummies style- from the Stone Age right through to modern day Britain and everything in between!     Provides the ultimate British history experience and the hardback format with over 100 illustrations make it the perfect gift for amateur historians 作者简介：    Dr Sean Lang studied history at Oxford and has been teaching it to school, college, and university students for the past twenty years. He is enior Lecturer in History at Anglia Ruskin University.Sean has written textbooks on nineteenth and twentieth century history, and is co-editor of Twentieth Century History Review. He has advised both Government and Opposition on history teaching in schools and has written on history teaching for the Council of Europe. Sean is Honorary Secretary of the Historical Association and often appears on radio and television talking about historical topics - often because of this book.

书籍目录

IntroductionPart 1 The British Are Coming!  Chapter 1: So Much History, So Little Time  Chapter 2: Sticks and Stone Age Stuff  Chapter 3: Woad Rage and Chariots: The Iron Age in BritainPart 2 Everyone Else Is Coming!The Invaders  Chapter 4: Ruled Britannia  Chapter 5: Saxon, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll  Chapter 6: Have Axe, Will Travel: The Vikings  Chapter 7:1066 and All That FollowedPart 3 Who's in charge Around Here?The Middle Ages  Chapter 8: England Gets an Empire  Chapter 9: A Right Royal Time: The Medieval Realms of Britain  Chapter 10: Plague, Pox, Poll Tax, and Ploughing - and Then You DiePart 4 Rights or Royals?The Tudors and Stuarts  Chapter 11: Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown  Chapter 12: A Burning Issue: The Reformation  Chapter 13: Crown or Commons?  Chapter 14: Old Problems, New IdeasPart 4 On the Up:The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centruries  Chapter 15: Let's Make a Country  Chapter 16: Survival of the Richest: The Industrial Revolution  Chapter 17: Children of the Revolutions  Chapter 18: Putting on My Top Hat - The Victorians  Chapter 19: The Sun Never Sets - But It Don't Shine EitherPart 5 Don't Look Down:The Twentieth Century  Chapter 20: The Great War: The End of Innocence - and Everything Else?  Chapter 21: Radio Times  Chapter 22: TV Times  Chapter 23: Interesting TimesPart 6 The Part of Tens  Chapter 24: Ten Top Turning Points  Chapter 25: Ten Major Documents  Chapter 26: Ten Things the British Have Given the World(Whether the World Wanted Them or Not)  Chapter 27: Ten Great British Places to Visit  Chapter 28: Ten Britons Who Should Be Better KnownIndex