Twentieth-Century British Social Trends

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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A.H. HALSEY is Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Oxford, and Emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. He is the author of many books, including No Discouragement: an Autobiography, and Policy and Politics.*
*JOSEPHINE WEBB is Research Officer, Nuffield College, Oxford.

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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