The Routledge Dictionary of Modern British History is an essential guide to the last two centuries of British history, which have witnessed democratization, international decline, devolution, the rise of the welfare state, and New Labour challenging the Conservatives as the natural party of government. This book includes:* every Prime Minister from Pitt the Younger to Tony Blair* protest movements from Chartism to CND* military conflict from the French Revolutionary Wars to Iraq* and milestones from the Act of Union to the Northern Ireland peace process