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Build strong subject knowledge and skills in A Level History using the in-depth analysis and structured support in this tailor-made series for OCR’s British period studies and enquiries.

•Developstheanalyticalskillsrequiredtosucceedintheperiodstudybyorganisingthenarrativecontentaroundthekeyissuesforstudentstoexplore

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We are working in partnership with OCR to produce print and digital resources that support the teaching and learning of the new A Level History specification.

Early Medieval England 871–1107NicholasFellowsandAndrewHolland

Price:£19.99 £15.99Publishing:July2015•ISBN:9781471836671

Topics covered:• Britishperiodstudy:AlfredandtheMakingofEngland871–1016

• Enquiry:AlfredtheGreat

• Britishperiodstudy:Anglo–SaxonEnglandandtheNormanConquest1035–1107

• Enquiry:NormanEngland1087–1107

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Late Medieval England 1199–1455NicholasFellows,AndrewHollandandMaryDicken

Price:£19.99 £15.99Publishing:August2015•ISBN:9781471837326

Topics covered:• Britishperiodstudy:England1199–1272

• Enquiry:KingJohn1199–1216

• Britishperiodstudy:England1377–1455

• Enquiry:RichardII1377–1399

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England 1445–1509: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VIINicholas Fellows and Sharon Littler

Price:£19.99 £15.99Publishing:July2015•ISBN:9781471836688

Topics covered:• Britishperiodstudy:England1445–1509:Lancastrians,YorkistsandHenryVII

• Enquiry:WarsoftheRoses1445-1461

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England 1485–1603NicholasFellowsandMaryDicken

Price:£19.99 £15.99Publishing:June2015•ISBN:9781471836695

Topics covered:• Britishperiodstudy:England1485–1558:theEarlyTudors

• Enquiry:MidTudorCrises1547–1558

• Britishperiodstudy:England1547–1603:theLaterTudors

• Enquiry:MidTudorCrises1547–1558

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Britain 1603–1760NicholasFellowsandMaryDicken

Price:£19.99 £15.99Publishing:September2015•ISBN:9781471836701

Topics covered:• Britishperiodstudy:TheEarlyStuartsandtheOriginsoftheCivilWar1603–1660

• Enquiry:TheExecutionofCharlesIandtheInterregnum1646–1660

• Britishperiodstudy:TheMakingofGeorgianBritain 1678–c1760

• Enquiry:TheGloriousRevolution1678–1689

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From Pitt to Peel 1783–1846Mike Wells

Price:£19.99 £15.99Publishing:July2015•ISBN:9781471836718

Topics covered:• Britishperiodstudy:FromPitttoPeel:Britain 1783–1853

• Enquiry:PeelandtheAgeofReform1832–1853

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Britain 1846–1951MikeWellsandMaryDicken

Price:£19.99 £15.99Publishing:September2015•ISBN:9781471837265

Topics covered:• Britishperiodstudy:Liberals,ConservativesandtheRiseofLabour1846–1918

• Enquiry:EnglandandaNewCenturyc1900–1918

• Britishperiodstudy:Britain1900–1951

• Enquiry:EnglandandaNewCenturyc1900–1918

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Britain 1930–1997Nicholas Fellows and Mike Wells

Price:£19.99 £15.99Publishing:May2015•ISBN:9781471837296

Topics covered:• Britishperiodstudy:Britain1930–1997

• Enquiry:Churchill1930–1951

View full contents list/sample chapter at: bit.ly/ocr-britain1930

Student eTextbooks: same content, lower cost, more freedomEachofournewOCR A Level History and Access to Historytitleswillbe availableasStudenteTextbooks,downloadableversionsoftheprintedtextbook thatyoucanassigntostudentssotheycan:

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Y105 Lancastrians,YorkistsandtheWarsoftheRoses1399–1509SecondEdition 9781471838224 August2015

Y106 TheEarlyTudors:HenryVIItoMaryI1485–1558 9781471838859 July2015

Y108 TheEarlyStuartsandtheEnglishRevolution1603–60 9781471838828 September2015

Y112 Britain1900–1957SecondEdition 9781471838699 August2015

Y113 Britain1951–2007SecondEdition 9781471839092 June2015

Y206 Spain1469–1598SecondEdition 9781471838095 August2015

Y207 LutherandtheReformationinEurope1500–64FourthEdition 9781471838538 April2015

Y212 TheAmericanRevolutionandtheBirthoftheUSA1740–1801SecondEdition 9781471838767 March2015

Y213 FranceinRevolution1774–1815FifthEdition 9781471839009 April2015

Y214 France:Monarchy,RepublicandEmpire1814–75SecondEdition 9781444110111 Published

Y215 TheUnificationofItalyc.1789–1896FourthEdition 9781471838590 July2015

Y216 America:CivilWarandWestwardExpansion1803–90FifthEdition 9781471839061 March2015

Y218 WarandPeace:InternationalRelations1890–1945FourthEdition 9781471838286 April2015

Y219 Russia1894–1941SecondEdition 9781471838316 August2015

Y220 Italy:TheRiseofFascism1896–1946FourthEdition 9781471838194 July2015

Y221 DemocracyandDictatorshipinGermany1919–63SecondEdition 9781471839153 August2015

Y222 TheColdWarinAsia1945–93SecondEdition 9781471838798 August2015

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Access to History and Enquiring History: EverythingyouneedforyourNon-Britishperiodstudyandthematicstudy

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Y223 TheColdWar1941–95ThirdEdition 9781471838668 July2015

Y306 RebellionandDisorderundertheTudors1485–1603SecondEdition 9781471838507 March2016

Y308 TheCatholicandCounterReformationsSecondEdition 9780340753170 Published

Y312 TheWitchcrazeofthe16thand17thCenturies 9781471838385 March2016

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Y314 TheUnificationofGermanyandtheChallengeofNationalism1789–1919FourthEdition

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Y315 TheChangingNatureOfWarfare1792–1991 9781471838446 March2016

Y316 GreatBritainandtheIrishQuestion1774–1923FourthEdition 9781471838620 March2016

Y317 China1839–1997 9781471839184 May2016

Y318 RussiaanditsRulers1855–1964SecondEdition 9781471838941 March2016

Y319 CivilRightsintheUSA1865–1992 TBC April2016

Y321 TheMiddleEast1908–2011SecondEdition 9781471838415 March2016

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