British Society and Politics: 19th-20th Centuries

Oliver Twist and the Industrial Revolution

In the mid-1800s, the British economy, once heavily reliant on agriculture, underwent a significant transformation. Traditionally, villages operated with communal land belonging to the village members and a lord’s land, each divided for different purposes. The Industrial Revolution disrupted this system, fragmenting land into smaller, individually owned portions. This shift led to increased production, a larger food supply, and population growth. However,

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British History: Key Policies, Economy, and Social Changes

What did the economy of the 1990s rely on? The economy was substantially deindustrialized. It relied for its wealth on: financial services, information technology, as well as tourism, culture, and leisure.

Blair’s Foreign Policy: A New Era of Interventionism

In terms of foreign policy, how can Blair’s office policy be defined? Blair leaned on his friendship with Bill Clinton (USA). In 1999, when British forces were fighting with America, Blair proclaimed a new generation of liberal humanitarian wars

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