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Britain Since 1948

5 books in this series

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  Looks at how life has changed in Britain over the last 60 years, charting developments into the 21st century.

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  Primary source boxes will examine different sources, and encourage children to investigate further by asking questions.

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  Timelines throughout the series will show the key developments and put them into a clear chronological order to encourage understanding.

Sample Spread From Series

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  Home Life Contents:Britain in 1948, How Homes Have Changed, Looking After the Home, Furnishing the Home, Changes in Family Life, Childhood, The Car, Radio and Television, The Cinema, Family Holidays, Rising Crime, Changes in Food, Shops and Shopping, Glossary and Further Information, Timeline.
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5372 7
  226x278mm - 32 pages
  £12.99 HB
  

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  Popular Culture
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5373 4
  225x278mm - 32 pages
  £12.99 HB
  

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  Population Contents:Years of Hardship, Population and Health Care, The Changing World of Work, The Baby Boomers, The Changing Family, New Towns and Old Problems, Emigration: Brits go abroad, Migration from Around the World, Multicultural Britain: Problems and Achievements, Migration from Europe, Rising Crime, A Fighting Nation, Living on a Crowded Island, Glossary and Timeline, Index.
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5376 5
  225x278mm - 32 pages
  £12.99 HB
  

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  Technology Contents:Britain in 1948, Technology and Society, Technology and Consumerism, Technology in the Home, Television and the World of Entertainment, Getting Around: The Car, Getting Around: The Train, Getting Around: Boats and Planes, The Computer Industry, Communications, Technology and Our Health, The Science of Materials, The Space Race, Glossary and Further Information, Timeline.
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5374 1
  226x279mm - 32 pages
  £12.99 HB
  

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  Working Life Contents:Britain in 1948, Life on the Land, Workplace Winners and Losers, Women and the Workplace, Education and the Workplace, Changing Face of Industrial Britain, Working in the NHS, The Rise of Advertising and the Media, Music and Publishing, Tourism and Leisure, Defence of the Realm, Working at the Cutting Edge, Working for Yourself, Glossary and Further Information, Timeline.
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5375 8
  225x278mm - 32 pages
  £12.99 HB