By Herbert Heaton
Professor of History, University of Minnesota
(Published July 1944)

Introduction

Asking Questions about Each Other

A Crowded Country

What Do the People Do for a Living?

• For Years Britain Has Been One of the World’s Best Customers
• Occupations of the British People
• How Britain Paid for What It Bought Abroad

The Social Landscape

What about the British System of Government?

A Thousand Years of Political Development

Parties and Policies

Britain and the Aggressors

To the Discussion Leader

Suggestions for Further Reading on Great Britain