Twentieth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction
Published:
10 August 2000
Online ISBN:
9780191776526
Print ISBN:
9780192853974
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Social Disruption Social Disruption
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Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
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Nationalism, Race Relations, and Social Unrest Nationalism, Race Relations, and Social Unrest
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Europe Europe
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The Commonwealth and the Falklands The Commonwealth and the Falklands
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Domestic Unrest and Political Polarization Domestic Unrest and Political Polarization
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Cultural Developments Cultural Developments
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The ‘Two Nations’ The ‘Two Nations’
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The Fall of Thatcher The Fall of Thatcher
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6 (page 79)p. 79From the Seventies to the Nineties
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Morgan, Kenneth O., 'From the Seventies to the Nineties', Twentieth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction, Very Short Introductions (Oxford , 2000; online edn, Oxford Academic, 24 Sept. 2013), https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780192853974.003.0006, accessed 12 July 2026.
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Abstract
The 1970s were a time of economic decline, energy crisis and social disturbance for Britain. At home, strikes, inflation, and racism were rife, while abroad the nation retreated from Europe and struggled to contain the increasingly violent actions of the IRA in Northern Ireland. After a brief period of national pride during the Falklands War of 1982, the nation returned to its state of turmoil and discontent. ‘From the Seventies to the Nineties’ examines these issues, as well as the nation's economic growth in the mid-1980s, cultural developments, and the eventual fall of the Conservative Thatcher government in 1990.
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