Britain and Ireland: A Concise History

ISBN-13: 9780367650339 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 336 str.

Germany) Kramer Jurgen (University of Dortmund

Opis

Britain and Ireland recounts the history of the two states - the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (Eire) - and four nations - the Irish, the Welsh, the Scottish, and the English - from prehistory to the present.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Britons, Celts and Romans, c.4000 BC–AD 410  2. Saxons, Danes and Normans, 410–1154  3. Late-medieval struggles: within the British Isles and on the Continent, 1154–1485  4. Renaissance – reconnaissance – reformation – revolution, 1485–1688/9  5. Towards internal stability and external expansion, 1689–1789  6. Political reforms, Industrial Revolution, imperial rule, 1789–1914  7. The twentieth century: devastation and decline, reconstruction and reorientation, 1914–99  8. The twenty-first century: challenges and perspectives

O autorze

Jürgen Kramer is Emeritus Professor of British Cultural Studies at the University of Dortmund. He is the author of Culture and Intercultural Studies (1990), British Cultural Studies (1997) and Taking Stock: 35 Essays from 35 Years of Studying English-Speaking Cultures (2011). A collection of essays entitled Empire, Exile and the Exotic: Studies on Robert Louis Stevenson, Joseph Conrad and the Sea is in preparation. He co-edited the Journal for the Study of British Cultures (1994–2006).