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British Social Trends since 1900

A Guide to the Changing Social Structure of Britain

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. A. H. Halsey

    1. University of Oxford, UK

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Introduction: Statistics and Social Trends in Britain

    • A. H. Halsey
    Pages 1-35

  3. Population

    • D. A. Coleman
    Pages 36-134

  4. The Economic Environment

    • Andrew Dilnot
    Pages 135-161

  5. The Labour Force

    • Robert Price, George Sayers Bain
    Pages 162-201

  6. Social Mobility

    • Kenneth Macdonald, John Ridge
    Pages 202-225

  7. Schools

    • A. H. Halsey
    Pages 226-267

  8. Higher Education

    • A. H. Halsey
    Pages 268-296

  9. Electors and Elected

    • David Butler
    Pages 297-321

  10. Urbanisation and Local Government

    • Bruce Wood
    Pages 322-356

  11. Housing

    • Julia Parker, Catriona Mirrlees
    Pages 357-397

  12. Health

    • Klim McPherson, David Coleman
    Pages 398-461

  13. Welfare

    • Julia Parker, Catriona Mirrlees
    Pages 462-517

  14. Religion

    • Peter Brierley
    Pages 518-560

  15. Immigration and Ethnicity

    • Ceri Peach, Vaughan Robinson, Julia Maxted, Judith Chance
    Pages 561-615

  16. Crime and Penal Measures

    • Nigel Walker
    Pages 616-644

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 645-650
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About this book

This book tells the story of changes in the social structure of Britain from 1900 to the mid 1980s. It incorporates and is a sequel to Trends in British Society since 1900, a compilation by a distinguishd group of social scientists at the University of Oxford, and the only comprehensive collection of British social statistics for the twentieth century as a whole.

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  • University of Oxford, UK

    A. H. Halsey

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