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Preface; Part I - Political history Political Chronologies; List ofPrincipal Ministers; Elections; Party Politics; Principal Parties;Minor Parties; The Machinery of Government; Northern Ireland. Part II -Social History: Population; Education; Health, Welfare and Poverty;Housing; Environment; Women; The Media; Crime and Police; LocalGovernment; Labour relations; Religion; Race and Immigration; Civilliberties; Part III - Economic History: Key events in Economic Policy;U.K. Balance of Trade; Gross Domestic Product at 1965 prices; NationalIncome at Factor Cost; National lncome at 1985 prices; Prices andwages, 1950-1979; Retail Prices, Average Earnings, Real AverageEarnings and Real disposable incomes, 1971-92; Comparative Rise inconsumer prices, per cent per annum; Coal Production; Coal Statistics;Domestic Oil Production, Imports and Exports; Steel Production; Motorvehicles produced; Decline of U.K. Manufacturing employment;Manufacturing Output; Employment; Unemployment; Railway Mileage andpassengers carried; Motor vehicles in use; Motor vehiclesNationalisation; Privatisation proceeds; Public spending; Governmentspending on main areas. Part IV - Britain and the Wider World: Britainand Europe; Britain and the Commonwealth; Conflicts and Defence Since1945. Part V - Biographies. Part VI - Glossary of Terms. Part VII -Topic Bibliography. Index.