Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
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European Economic Community
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| politics | Doreen Wallace | Generally Rowland Rash was Conservative, while Doreen was socialist although only intermittently in agreement with the current policies of the Labour Party
. Late in life she opposed Britain's entry into the European Economic Community |
| Publishing | Virginia Woolf | Half a century after her death, a change in the law brought VW
's works out of copyright (with those of her contemporary James Joyce
); but this change was reversed on 1 January 1996... |
| Textual Features | Daphne Du Maurier | The work features the aftermath of a crisis in British politics which involves leaving the European Economic Community
(or EEC), a referendum, and a political union with the United States which is experienced as a... |
Timeline
January 1958: The European Economic Community or European...
National or international item
January 1958
The European Economic Community
or European Common Market
came into being; it was established by the Six: Belgium, France, the German Federal Republic, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
Thomson, David, and Geoffrey Warner. England in the Twentieth Century, 1914-1979. 2nd ed., Penguin Books, 1981.
264
1 January 1973: The United Kingdom left the European Free...
National or international item
1 January 1973
The United Kingdom left the European Free Trade Association
(EFTA) and joined the European Economic Community
(EEC, later the European Union
or EU).
European Free Trade Association,. EFTA (European Free Trade Association) at a Glance: 40 Years of Free Trade. http://www.efta.int/content/about-efta/history.
1975: The Lomé convention was signed, by which...
National or international item
1975
The Lomé convention was signed, by which members of the European Economic Community
pledged aid to forty-six of the world's poorest countries.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
June 1975: Surprisingly, Britain's referendum on joining...
National or international item
June 1975
Surprisingly, Britain's referendum on joining the European Union
resulted in a two-to-one victory for the pro-Europeans.
Johnson, Richard William. “Up the Garden Path”. London Review of Books, 26 Apr. 2007, pp. 26-7.
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April 1989: The European Economic Community finally suspended...
Building item
April 1989
The European Economic Community
finally suspended trade relations with Elena
and Nicolae Ceausescu
' Romania on account of its oppressive social and gender policies.
Murphy, Dervla. Transylvania and Beyond. Penguin, 1998.
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1 January 1996: British copyright was extended to seventy...
Writing climate item
1 January 1996
British copyright was extended to seventy years after an author's death (having previously covered fifty years); this followed an EEC
directive of 29 October 1993.
Nichol, Donald W. “Review of W. A. Speck, The Birth of Britain: A New Nation 1700-1710, 1994”. The Scriblerian, Vol.
xxix-xxx
, Department of English, Temple University, 1 Mar.–30 Nov. 1997, p. 271. 271
Jones, Thomas, editor. “Short Cuts”. London Review of Books, 13 Dec. 2001, p. 20.
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