The transformation of Britain, 1688-1713 -- The British Isles in 1714 -- A new beginning, 1714-62 -- War and revolution, 1763-1814 -- A united kingdom, 1815 -- Reform, 1816-41 -- Imperial Britain, 1842-84 -- New century, 1885-1913 -- The United Kingdom, 1914 -- War and peace and war, 1915-39 -- The warfare and welfare state, 1940-79 -- "New" Britain, 1980-2008.