This book is part of a book series called Collins Living History .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

This book was published 1995 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Richard Staton is Senior History Teacher, Wath Comprehensive School, Rotherham. Chair of Examiners, NEAB History.

This book has the following chapters: The nation's health, 1348-1750; industrial Britain; an age of change, 1830-1870; from the 1860s to 1900; the beginnings of the Welfare State; the Welfare State - 1945 to the present day.