Kent in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)

This is the sixth volume to be published in the major ten volume new history of the county of Kent, and the first detailed study of the development of Kent during the past hundred years. The sixth volume to be published in the major ten-volume new history of the county of Kent, and the first detailed study of the development of Kent over the past hundred years. Each of the ten chapters begins by evokinga picture of Kent on the eve of the First World War and looking at the changes that have taken place between then and the present day in the area under discussion. Particular attention is paid to the impact of the two World Warson Kent; to the influence of national events on local institutions and people; to the role of the county council in the development of many aspects of life in Kent; and to the major economic and social changes of the last thirty years, many of them associated with Britain's entry into the European economic community and Kent's strategic importance as a corridor linking London and Britain to Europe. NIGEL YATES is senior research fellow in church history, University of Wales, Lampeter.

General

Imprint:	The Boydell Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Kent History Project
Release date:	April 2001
First published:	2001
Editors:	Nigel Yates
Contributors:	Alan Armstrong • Alan E Booth • Brian Atkinson • Canon Prof Robin Gill • Gerald Crompton • Ian Coulson • Michael Rawcliffe • Nigel Yates • Paul Hastings
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	458
ISBN-13:	978-0-85115-587-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-85115-587-1
Barcode:	9780851155876

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