Britannia's Burden: The Political Evolution of Modern Britain, 1851-1990

Part I: A period of most wonderful transition (1851-1880) - The Great Exhibition (1851) Britain in 1851 The Golden Years (1851-70) Political flux (1851-66) Reform (1866-75) Auguries (1873-80) Part II: A great parting of the waters (1881-1910) - Home to roost (1882-87) Gladstone at bay (1880-85) The revolt of the Whigs (1886) Capital versus labour (1886-95) Imperialism (1890-1902) Progress and reaction (1900-10) Part III: Very great danger (1911-40) - Pre-war crisis (1911-14) The Great War (1914-1918) Post-war crisis (1919-21) Avoiding extremes (1922-31) Security and empire (1922-35) Appeasement (1935-40) Part IV: Brave new world (1940-70) - World War II (1940-1945) The people's peace (1945) Labour's revolution (1945-51) Churchill again (1951-55) The last paternalists (1955-64) The Wilson years (1964-70) Part V: The grain of human nature (1970-90) - The Heath government (1970-74) The collapse of consensus (1974-79) Thatcherism (1979) Counter-attack (1979-90) Full circle? (1990).Porter, Bernard is the author of 'Britannia's Burden: The Political Evolution of Modern Britain, 1851-1990' with ISBN 9780340561966 and ISBN 0340561963.