1910s The Complete British 20th Century [#1041934]

1910s: The Complete British 20th Century
English | August 13, 2026 | ASIN: B0HF4T3FGK | 197 pages | Epub | 248.09 KB
Experience Britain during a decade of constitutional conflict, cultural change and unprecedented war through the newspapers, official records and contemporary voices that reported events as they unfolded.1910s: The Complete British 20th Century explores the politics, royalty, social history, culture, sport, science, technology, true crime and dramatic news stories that shaped Britain between 1910 and 1919. It follows a country moving from the final years of the Edwardian world into the upheaval of the First World War and the uncertain peace that followed.Across 39 engaging historical accounts, the book examines the two general elections of 1910, the Parliament Act, H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George and the rise of Labour. It follows the campaign for women's suffrage, the death of Emily Wilding Davison, the wartime contribution of women and the Representation of the People Act that enfranchised millions in 1918.The declaration of war, Mons, Ypres, the Somme, Passchendaele, the Home Front, munitions production, war poetry and the Armistice reveal the enormous human and political consequences of the First World War. The decade's wider story includes the Crippen murder case, Scott's Antarctic expedition, the Titanic disaster, the Senghenydd mining tragedy, Piltdown Man, the Easter Rising, Amritsar and the Treaty of Versailles.Alongside war and politics, the book explores cinema, jazz, literature, visual art, music, women's football and the return of professional football after the conflict. It also follows the Royal Family from the death of Edward VII and the coronation of George V to the creation of the House of Windsor.Drawing extensively upon genuine contemporary newspaper accounts, parliamentary debates, official government records, archive material and carefully selected modern historical research, Paul A Leverell combines the immediacy of period reporting with clear and accessible historical explanation. The result is a richly researched portrait of how Britons witnessed, reported and understood one of the most transformative decades in the nation's history.1910s is the second volume in The Complete British 20th Century, a ten-book journey through the events, people and experiences that transformed Britain between 1900 and 1999.