Twentieth-Century British Social Trends is a centennial record of the changing face of Britain in the twentieth century. Primarily statistical, the book sets out a broad description of how the life of the United Kingdom has developed from 1900 to 2000. But it is more than a guide or a reference book. Each chapter, written by a leading specialist, helps the reader to avoid the pitfalls of official statistics and also attempts to explain the arithmetic trends - economic, social and political - of our time.
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List of Tables List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Twentieth-century Britain; A. H. Halsey DEMOGRAPHY Population and Family; D. Coleman Health; R. Fitzpatrick & T. Chandola Immigration and Ethnicity; C. Peach, A. Rogers, J. Chance & P. Daley SOCIAL REPRODUCTION Schools; G. Smith Further and Higher Education; A. H. Halsey Social Mobility; A. Heath & C. Payne ECONOMY The Labour Force; D. Gallie The Economic Environment; A. Dilnot & C. Emmerson The Distribution of Income and Wealth; A. B. Atkinson POLITICS Electors and Elected; D. Butler Towns, Urban Change and Local Government; B. Wood & J. Carter POLICY Transport and Communications; A. Root Housing; A. Holmans Social Services; J. Parker & J. Webb Social Security; J. Webb SOCIAL ORDER AND SOCIAL CONTROL Volunteers and Voluntarism; B. Harrison & J. Webb Leisure; J. Gershuny & K. Fisher Religion; P. Brierley Crime, Sentencing and Punishment; R. Hood & A. Roddam APPENDICES Appendix 1: Price Indices Appendix 2: Official Surveys Index
