Download or read book The Penguin Social History of Britain written by Jose Harris and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1994-03-31 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late nineteenth century and Edwardian era, suggests Jose Harris in this book, represent a sharp break with the early years of Queen Victoria's reign. Indeed, despite the intense upheavals of two world wars, it was the beliefs, social structures and oppositional forces established between 1870 and 1914 which dominated British life right up until the 1960s.