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History of Twentieth-Century Britain & Ireland

Resources for researching Britain, the British Empire, and Ireland during the 20th century.

Books at JMU and Beyond

Sample Subject Headings

Person as Subject
  • Last name, First name
  • Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
  • George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
Period History
  • Place -- History -- time period
  • Place -- History (for broader periods)
  • Great Britain -- History -- 20th Century
  • Ireland -- History
History by Span of Monarch's Reign
  • Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936
  • Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952
  • Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1926-
Themes
  • Great Britain -- History, Military
  • Cooking, British -- History
  • Nationalism -- Ireland -- History -- 20th Century
  • Imperialism -- History