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• Cover
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• List of figures
• List of tables
• List of contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: The ghost of Britain past
• Traditional Britain
• National identities
• National representatives
• National storytelling
• Conclusion
• 1 Places and peoples: region and nation
• Introduction
• Nation
• Country
• Region
• County
• City
• Town
• Village
• Conclusion
• 2 Education, work, and leisure
• Introduction
• Schools
• Colleges and universities
• Educational changes and trends
• Employment
• Unemployment and economic change
• Leisure around the home
• Public entertainment
• New patterns in leisure
• Shopping
• Trends in entertainment
• Conclusion
• 3 Gender, sex, and the family
• Introduction
• The family unit
• Gender and British institutions
• Women and employment
• Marriage and divorce
• Parenting
• Sexuality and identity
• Conclusion
• 4 Youth culture and style
• Introduction
• Youth, teenagers, and adolescents
• Going out: ‘dressing up and dressing down’
• Staying in: young people and the media
• Sex and drugs and music
• Conclusion
• 5 Class and politics
• Introduction
• The upper class
• The middle class
• The working class
• The political system
• Party politics
• Changing social attitudes
• Conclusion
• 6 Ethnicity and language
• Introduction
• Varieties of English
• Gaelic, Scots, Welsh
• New languages, new identities
• Conclusion
• 7 Religion
• Introduction
• The established Church
• The Churches and society
• Background religion
• Other world religions in Britain
• Religious festivals
• The New Age
• Religious differences: age and sex
• Conclusion
• 8 Heritage
• Introduction
• Historical revisionism
• Background
• Buildings
• Places
• The heritage industry
• The 2012 Olympics opening ceremony
• Invention of tradition
• Conclusion
• Conclusion: Britain towards the future
• Europe
• Multi-ethnic
• New technology
• Conclusion
• Index