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)
ISBN1471838536
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)
ISBN1471838595
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)
ISBN0340929294
Keith Randell. France, 1814-1870: Monarchy Republic and Empire (1986 & 1991)
ISBN0340518057
Keith Randell. France: The Third Republic, 1870-1914 (1986 & 1991)
ISBN0340555696
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)
ISBN1510457844
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)
ISBN1510457860
Geoff Layton. Germany: The Third Reich 1933-1945 (1992). (2nd ed. 2000)
ISBN0340725338
Andrina Stiles. Sweden and the Baltic, 1523-1721 (1992).
ISBN0340546441
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)
ISBN1471838560
Stewart MacDonald. Charles V: Ruler, Dynast and Defender of the Faith, 1500-1558 (1992). (2nd ed. 2000)
ISBN0340749229
Andrina Stiles. Napoleon, France and Europe (1993). (2nd ed. 2004); revised with Dylan Rees (3rd ed. 2009)
ISBN034098676X
Michael Lynch. The Interregnum, 1649-1660 (1994).
ISBN0340582073
Robert Pearce & Roger Stearn. Government and Reform: Britain 1815-1918 (1994). (2nd ed. 2000)
ISBN0340789476
Michael Lynch. China: From Empire to People's Republic 1900-1949 (1996). (2nd ed. 2010)
ISBN1444110128
Peter Clements. Prosperity, Depression and the New Deal: The USA 1890-1954 (1997). (2nd ed. 2001, 3rd ed. 2005, 4th ed. 2008)
ISBN0340965886
Oliver Edwards. The USA and the Cold War, 1945-1963 (1997). (2nd ed. 2002)
ISBN0340846879
Michael Lynch. The People's Republic Of China since 1949 (1998); re-titled The People's Republic of China, 1949-1976 (2nd ed. 2008)
ISBN0340929278
Phil Chapple. The Industrialisation of Britain, 1780-1914 (1999).
ISBN0340720697