Product Description

The Access to History series is the most popular and trusted series for AS and A level history students. The new titles combine all the strengths of this well-loved series with a new design and features that allow all students access to the content and study skills needed to achieve exam success.
Design features include:
·AS questions and exam tips
·Definitions of key terms
·Summaries of key historical debates.


This title is written specifically for the 2008 AS specifications for OCR and AQA, covering the key economic, political and social issues of the period. It focuses on the changing fortunes of the political parties at the time and the ways in which they were affected by the impacts of the two world wars. The pressures for social reform throughout the period are also analysed.

Throughout the book, key dates and terms and issues are highlighted, and historical interpretations of key debates are outlined. Summary diagrams are included to consolidate knowledge and understanding of the period, and exam-style questions and tips written by examiners for the OCR and Edexcel exam specifications provide the opportunity to develop exam skills.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #114709 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

About the Author
Modern History Lecturer Leicester University; Best-selling Access To History author.

Customer Reviews

Excellent for A Level History.
Very clear informative book. Everything seems to tally i.e. in the same order as my AS and A2 syllabus.

I would also recommend Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain if you are studying this period.