Fifteen Eighty Four

Are we really a United Kingdom? In a year that has seen the British public trying to grasp the politics at play with the dreaded B-word, we look back at some key moments in British politics and social surveys since 1900. Pat Thane’s remarkable analysis of data across the 20^th Century United Kingdom outlines with clarity the inequalities faced by UK society over the last 100 years, examining race, class, gender, sexuality and more, and attempts to resolve them, in a comprehensive survey.

In a recent round-table discussion hosted by the European University Institute, Professor Sally Alexander of Goldsmith’s University commented that Professor Thane’s book inadvertently poses these important questions to the current government:

What can you do, and can you learn from this?

You can watch the full discussion from the European University Institute, organised by Laura Lee Downs, here.

Divided Kingdom (September 2018) is available for both purchasing and inspection copy requests. Find out more by visiting www.cambridge.org/Thane.