Now available in a fully-revised and updated second edition,  A History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the Present provides a comprehensive survey of the social, political, economic and cultural history of Great Britain from the Hanoverian succession to the present day. Now available in a fully-revised and updated second edition, A History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the Present provides a comprehensive survey of the social, political, economic and cultural history of Great Britain from the Hanoverian succession to the present day. List of Figures ix List of Tables xiii List of Maps xiv List of Biographies xv Preface xvi Acknowledgments xxii Part I Uniting the Kingdoms 1 Chapter 1: The British Isles in 1714 3 Chapter 2: A New Beginning, 1714 62 41 Chapter 3:War and Revolution, 1763 1814 71 Part II The British Century 99 Chapter 4: A United Kingdom, 1815 101 Chapter 5: Reform, 1816 41 138 Chapter 6: Imperial Britain, 1842 84 167 Chapter 7: New Century, 1885 1913 201 Part III Dividing the Kingdoms 233 Chapter 8: The United Kingdom, 1914 235 Chapter 9:War and Peace andWar, 1915 39 264 Chapter 10: TheWarfare andWelfare State, 1940 79 297 Chapter 11: New Britain, 1980 2014 333 The Transformation of Britain 1688 1713 000 Available online at: www.wiley.com/go/wasson Notes 365 Chronology 390 Glossary 395 Bibliography 403 List of Prime Ministers 412 Genealogy of the Royal Family 415 Index 417