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Tables of Contents for Great Britain
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Maps
ix
1
List of Illustrations
x
2
List of Acknowledgements
xii
1
Preface
xiii
Prologue
1
2
1. The Ingredients Assembled
3
28
A question of pedigree
3
1
A pattern of islands
4
2
Borders and boundaries
6
1
England and the English
7
4
The Normans and the English
11
4
Scotland and the Scots
15
5
Wales and the Welsh
20
3
The matter of Britain
23
4
Continuities and contrasts
27
4
2. The Framework Established
31
20
Entire of itself?
31
5
Church and state
36
5
King and country
41
4
Parliament and people
45
5
On the edge of a new world?
50
1
Part 1: Great Britain - Creation, Crisis, Consolidation c.1500-c.1750
51
88
3. Designs and Accidents: Making Great Britain c.1500-c.1700
53
19
England, Wales and Scotland in the sixteenth century
54
6
England and Scotland in the seventeenth century
60
12
4. Precedents and Rights: The British Body Politic c.1500-c.1750
72
29
Crowns and constitutions
72
1
Tudor monarchy
73
3
Stuart monarchy
76
1
Parliament and the Tudors
77
3
Parliament and the Stuarts
80
2
Parliament and the Protectorate
82
4
Restoration and a national equilibrium?
86
2
`Revolution'?
88
4
William and Mary, Anne and two Georges
92
1
The Jacobite question
93
4
Stability?
97
4
5. Truth, Uniformity and Toleration: Making a British Compromise? c.1500-c.1750
101
19
Ecclesia Anglicana
101
5
A Welsh Ecclesia Anglicana?
106
1
Ecclesia Scoticana
107
1
Dissenters: Catholic and Protestant
108
2
Restorations
110
3
Equilibrium?
113
3
Compromise?
116
2
Liberty
118
2
6. New World Power: A British Vision? c.1500-c.1750
120
19
Angles of approach
120
1
Interests: dynastic and national
121
1
Sea power
122
1
Europe: the seventeenth century
123
6
`The world'
129
2
Comfortable identity?
131
4
Home fires
135
4
Part 2: Great Britain: World Power c.1745-c.1945
139
205
7. Preservation and Progress: Representing the People c.1745-c.1845
141
20
Oligarchy to democracy
141
1
Kings
142
4
Reform or revolution?
146
2
Reform of the constitution c.1760-1832
148
4
Crisis of the ancien regime (1): the significance of 1832
152
3
Crisis of the ancien regime (2): the repeal of the Corn Laws
155
6
8. Preservation and Progress: Representing the People, c.1845-c.1945
161
45
The queen
161
1
Equipoise: Gladstone and Disraeli c.1845-1867
162
1
Mr Gladstone's history
163
2
Apocalypse?
165
3
First principles?
168
1
Chartism - the road not taken
169
2
Democracy - monster or miracle?
171
1
Mr Disraeli's history
172
1
Equilibrium or oblivion?
173
1
The franchise framework c.1868-1914
174
1
A Liberal era?
175
2
The Liberal mansion (1): Whigs, a wasting asset?
177
1
The Liberal mansion (2): men of business
178
3
The Liberal mansion (3): a supply of conscience
181
2
Conservative come-back (1): Disraelian apotheosis
183
3
Conservative come-back (2): gloom and doom
186
3
Sinister assault?
189
4
Breaking the domestic mould?
193
4
Strange death and constitutional crisis
197
2
Britain is best
199
1
Kings
200
1
Parties
201
5
9. Pax Britannica: Domination and Decline c.1745-c.1945
206
30
The tie that binds?
207
4
Great Britain: world state?
211
2
Colonial British?
213
1
Anglo-Saxons all?
214
2
India: British?
216
6
`More an Asiatic power than a European'?
222
3
`Fundamental instincts'
225
5
An old-fashioned island fortress?
230
1
Talking of Castlereagh
231
2
Ideology and nation
233
1
Our tight little island
234
2
10. Churches and Chapels: Believing in Britain c.1745-c.1945
236
26
Providential integration
236
1
Established pattern: England, Scotland and Wales c.1745-c.1845
237
3
Dissenting accommodation: England, Scotland and Wales c.1745-c.1845
240
3
Protestant Britain and the Catholic question c.1745-c.1845
243
1
Via media?: The Church of England c.1845-c.1945
244
6
Dissent - progressive dissolution: England, Scotland, Wales c.1845-c.1945
250
6
Protestant Britain and the Catholic question c.1845-c.1945
256
3
Community and commitment
259
3
11. Communities and Countries: Believing in Britain c.1745-c.1945
262
35
Identifying the issue
262
1
England and Scotland in Britain
263
10
England, Wales and Britain
273
4
Irish in Britain and British in Ireland
277
7
England in Britain
284
5
A touch of class
289
2
Rememberance and the future
291
4
Epilogue
295
2
12. Fragile Bearings 1945-
297
25
British victory?
297
2
End of empire
299
2
End of empire: Africa
301
1
End of empire: east of Suez
302
1
Let bygones be bygones?
302
5
British Europeans? The bus is waiting 1940-1957
307
3
British Americans? Over here and over there, 1942-1957
310
5
British Europeans? If at first...1961-1975
315
2
British Europeans: staying British, 1975
317
2
Open to the world?
319
3
13. Losing (Domestic) Bearings? 1945-
322
22
Return match?
322
7
New Britain? New Jerusalem?
329
3
Tired wreck of old glories?
332
2
Church and Crown
334
3
Regions and nations
337
7
Bibliography
344
20
Index
364