The Edwardian Period (26 agos 1901 anni – 2 apr 1914 anni)

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prosperity and glitter. Buth no return to the early Victorian faith in progress
Doubts about Britain's imperial mission (cf Conrad) and the social state of the nation

Liberal reforms after 1906 (pensions, sickness and unemployment benefits, work regulation) and the 1911 check to the powers of the House of Lords didn't lessen industrial unrest and the violence of the suffragettes' campaign to obtain voting equality with men.

the war left a lagacy of trauma, bereavement and pessimism

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