Access to History explained

Access to History is a British book series designed for pre-university study. The series was conceived and developed by Keith Randell (1943-2002), who wanted to produce books for students "as they are, not as we might wish them to be".^[1] The series is published by Hodder Education, and features titles relevant for all of the major awarding bodies, including AQA, Pearson Edexcel, OCR and WJEC.^[2]

Incomplete list of titles

• Keith Randell. Luther and the German Reformation, 1517-1555 (1986 & 1989). (2nd ed. 2000); revised with Russel Tarr (3rd ed. 2008); re-titled Luther and the Reformation in Europe, 1500-1564 (4th ed. 2015)
• Andrina Stiles. The Unification of Italy, 1815-1870 (1986 & 1989). (2nd ed. 2001); revised with Robert Pearce (3rd ed. 2006); re-titled The Unification of Italy, 1789-1896 (4th ed. 2015)
• Adrina Stiles. The Unification of Germany 1815-1890 (1986 & 1989); revised with Alan Farmer (2nd ed. 2001); re-titled The Unification of Germany 1815-1919 (3rd ed. 2007)
• Keith Randell. France, 1814-1870: Monarchy Republic and Empire (1986 & 1991)
• Keith Randell. France: The Third Republic, 1870-1914 (1986 & 1991)
• Duncan Townson. France in Revolution, 1774-1815 (1990); revised with Dylan Rees (2nd ed. 2001, 3rd ed. 2005, 4th ed. 2008, 5th ed. 6th ed. 2019)
• Mark Robson. Italy: Liberalism and Fascism, 1870-1945 (1992). (2nd ed. 2000); re-titled Italy: The Rise of Fascism 1915-1945 (3rd ed. 2006); re-titled Italy: The Rise of Fascism 1896-1946 (4th ed. 2015, 5th ed. 2019)
• Geoff Layton. Germany: The Third Reich 1933-1945 (1992). (2nd ed. 2000)
• Andrina Stiles. Sweden and the Baltic, 1523-1721 (1992).
• Michael Lynch. Reaction and Revolution: Russia 1881-1924 (1992). (2nd ed. 2000); re-titled Reaction and Revolution: Russia 1894-1924 (3rd ed. 2005, 4th ed. 2015)
• Stewart MacDonald. Charles V: Ruler, Dynast and Defender of the Faith, 1500-1558 (1992). (2nd ed. 2000)
• Andrina Stiles. Napoleon, France and Europe (1993). (2nd ed. 2004); revised with Dylan Rees (3rd ed. 2009)
• Michael Lynch. The Interregnum, 1649-1660 (1994).
• Robert Pearce & Roger Stearn. Government and Reform: Britain 1815-1918 (1994). (2nd ed. 2000)
• Michael Lynch. China: From Empire to People's Republic 1900-1949 (1996). (2nd ed. 2010)
• Peter Clements. Prosperity, Depression and the New Deal: The USA 1890-1954 (1997). (2nd ed. 2001, 3rd ed. 2005, 4th ed. 2008)
• Oliver Edwards. The USA and the Cold War, 1945-1963 (1997). (2nd ed. 2002)
• Michael Lynch. The People's Republic Of China since 1949 (1998); re-titled The People's Republic of China, 1949-1976 (2nd ed. 2008)
• Phil Chapple. The Industrialisation of Britain, 1780-1914 (1999).
• Michael Lynch. Britain, 1900-1951 (2008); re-titled Britain, 1900-1957 (2nd ed. 2015)
• Michael Lynch. Britain, 1945-2007 (2008). (2nd ed. 2015); re-titled Britain, 1951-2007 (3rd ed. 2019)
• Geoff Layton. From Second Reich to Third Reich Germany 1918-1945 - for Edexcel (2008).
• Michael Scott-Baumann. Crisis in the Middle East: Israel and the Arab States 1945-2007 (2009).
• Angela Leonard & Nigel Bushnell. Germany Divided and Reunited 1945-1991 (2009).
• Katherine Brice & Michael Lynch. The Early Stuarts and the English Revolution 1603-1660 (2015). (2nd ed. 2021)
• Oliver Bullock. The Later Stuarts and the Glorious Revolution 1660-1702 (2020).

See also

• Seminar Studies in History

Notes and References

1. "Dedication" in John Warren. (2012) Elizabeth I: Meeting the Challenge, England 1541-1603. 3rd edition. London: Hodder, p. vii.
2. https://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/accesstohistory Access to History.