BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THE SECOND EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THE THIRD EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THE FOURTH EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THE FIFTH EDITION; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 SUMMER VICTORIES; 2 ACHIEVEMENT AND AUSTERITY UNDER ATTLEE, 1945-51; 3 COLONIAL RETREAT AND COLD WAR; 4 CHURCHILL AND EDEN, 1951-57; 5 MACMILLAN AND THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY, 1957-64; 6 WILSON'S ATTEMPTS AT REFORM, 1964-70; 7 THE UNEXPECTED PRIME MINISTER: EDWARD HEATH, 1970-74; 8 LABOUR'S MINORITY GOVERNMENTS, 1974-79.
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9 THATCHER'S 'REVOLUTION', 1979-8310 THATCHER: TRIUMPH AND FALL, 1983-90; 11 IN MAJOR'S 'CLASSLESS SOCIETY', 1990-96; 12 BLAIR'S NEW LABOUR EXPERIMENT; APPENDIX: TABLES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
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Now in its fifth edition this is the definitive text on contemporary British political history. It is now fully updated and revised to include a chapter on Tony Blair's administration and an analysis of the London Mayoral elections.