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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM SUMMARY: CHAPTER II. THE FESTIVAL AND THE NATION (April–September)
1951
The Festival (pg. 19). South Bank Exhibition (pg. 19-21). comparisons with 1851 (pg. 21-24). the nation's verdict (pg. 24-25). Economic Survey for 1951 (pg. 25-27). the Budget (pg. 27-30). Mr. Aneurin Bevan's resignation (pg. 30). National Health Service Bill (pg. 30-33). General Election prospects (pg. 33-35). rising wage claims (pg. 35-36). dividend limitation foreshadowed (pg. 36-37). election preparations (pg. 37).
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PART I: ENGLISH HISTORY. SUMMARY
1942
CHAPTER I.—THE FALL OF SINGAPORE (pg. 1-27). CHAPTER II.—THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN TREATY (pg. 27-56). CHAPTER III.—THE DEMAND FOR A SECOND FRONT (pg. 56-73). CHAPTER IV.—THE ALLIED VICTORY IN N. AFRICA (pg. 73-97).
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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: CHAPTER III. MIDSUMMER TO MICHAELMAS
Debate on the Prime Minister's visit to Washington (pg. 34-35). Suez Canal zone agreement (pg. 35-36). end of the Geneva Conference (pg. 36). debate on civil defence (pg. 36-37). M.P.s' salaries settlement (pg. 37). Dr. Cort's case (pg. 37-38). Crichel Down inquiry and debate (pg. 38-40). France rejects the E.D.C. Treaty (pg. 40). the London Nine-Power Conference (pg. 40-41). Persian oil agreement (pg. 41). Greece submits Cyprus question to U.N. (pg. 41-42). Hull dockers' strike (pg. 42-43). railway electrification (pg. 43). the Trades Union Congress (pg. 43-44). the Labour Party Conference (pg. 44). the Conservative Party Conference (pg. 44-45). Polish refugees (pg. 45-46). prosecutions for obscenity (pg. 46). report on adoption of children (pg. 46). temple of Mithras discovered (pg. 46-47). a bad summer (pg. 47).
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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. SUMMARY: CHAPTER IV. THE LAST QUARTER
The Labour Party Conference (pg. 56-57). Mr. Attlee and the Bevan group (pg. 57-59). the Conservative Party Conference (pg. 59). reassembly of Parliament (pg. 59-61). the Debate on the Address (pg. 61-62). birthday of Prince Charles (pg. 62-63). the Transport Bill (pg. 63-65). preparations for the Coronation (pg. 65-66). House of Commons procedure conflicts (pg. 66). Mau Mau in Kenya (pg. 66-68). the Commonwealth Economic Conference (pg. 68-70). conclusion (pg. 70-71).
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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. SUMMARY: CHAPTER I. BEFORE EASTER—THE EAST COAST FLOODS
1953
The east coast floods (pg. 1-4). industrial news (pg. 4). Parliament: the Transport and Steel Bills (pg. 4-5). decontrol (pg. 5-6). Estimates and defence (pg. 6-7). problems of crime and punishment (pg. 7-8). miscellaneous debates (pg. 8-9). the Austin Motors strike (pg. 9-10). the Anglo-Egyptian Agreement on the future of the Sudan (pg. 10-12). prospects of a Canal settlement (pg. 12). the Mau Mau problem in Kenya (pg. 12-13). Central African Federation debate (pg. 13-14). relations with U.S.A. regarding Korea (pg. 14-15). arrest of neo-Nazis in Germany (pg. 15-16). visit of President Tito of Yugoslavia (pg. 16). death of Stalin and subsequent Communist policy (pg. 16-17). death of Queen Mary (pg. 17-18).
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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. SUMMARY: CHAPTER IV. THE LAST QUARTER—THE PRIME MINISTER'S RETURN
1953
The Trades Union Congress (pg. 45-46). the party conferences (pg. 46-49). the crisis in British Guiana (pg. 49-50). Trieste (pg. 50-52). end of the ‘Overlords’ experiment (pg. 52). university seats not to be restored (pg. 52-53). more derationing (pg. 53). the Queen's Speech (pg. 53). new housing policy (pg. 53-54). Russia rejects invitation to Lugano (pg. 54). Trieste riots (pg. 54-55). the Regency Bill (pg. 55). the Queen's departure on her world tour (pg. 55). television debates (pg. 55-57). the proposed Atomic Energy Commission (pg. 57). Housing Repairs and Rents Bill (pg. 57-58). deposition of the Kabaka of Buganda (pg. 58-59). alleged irregularities in Kenya (pg. 59-60). the Bermuda Conference and the proposed Berlin Conference (pg. 60-61). the petrol distributors' strike (pg. 61-62). the engineers' demand (pg. 62). threatened railway strike averted (pg. 62-63). miscellaneous items (pg. 63-64). the Queen's Christmas broadcast from New Zealand (pg. 64-65).
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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: CHAPTER I. THE FIRST QUARTER
Industrial unrest: electricians (pg. 2-3). miners (pg. 3). engineers (pg. 3-4). railwaymen (pg. 4). the Berlin Conference (pg. 4-7). discussion of its results in press and Parliament (pg. 7-9). the parliamentary session: the Korean prisoners (pg. 9). the Commonwealth economic conference (pg. 9-10). new housing policy (pg. 10). purchase tax announcement (pg. 10). the Pool Betting Bill (pg. 10-11). proposals for M.P.s' salaries (pg. 11). Defence White Paper and debates (pg. 11-12). the Colonial Secretary on Kenya (pg. 12-13). the Kidbrooke school decision (pg. 13). the Television Bill (pg. 13-14). the Khartoum riots (pg. 14-15). East-West trade (pg. 15-16). hydrogen bomb debates (pg. 16). miscellanea (pg. 16-17). the cold spell (pg. 17).
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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. SUMMARY: CHAPTER II. EASTER TO MIDSUMMER—THE CORONATION
1953
The Budget (pg. 18-19). last stages of the Transport Bill (pg. 19-20). the Sunderland by-election (pg. 20-21). report of the Coal Board (pg. 21-22). preservation of the countryside (pg. 22). Sir Lincoln Evans and the Steel Board (pg. 22-23). prospects of Korean armistice (pg. 23). Egyptian deadlock (pg. 23-24). the Prime Minister on the Russian enigma (pg. 24-25). the Bermuda proposal (pg. 25). Berlin riots (pg. 25-26). intransigence of President Rhee (pg. 26-27). Kenya (pg. 27-28). the Coronation (pg. 28-30). the conquest of Everest (pg. 30). the Naval Review (pg. 30-31). Coronation retrospect (pg. 31).
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