IX Twentieth Century.

Provides an overview of books about the social history of Great Britain and Europe published as of 2003. Description of the political life of Labour party official Stafford Cripps featured in "The Cripps Version: The Life of Sir Stafford Cripps, 1879-1952," by P. Clarke; Pessimism of freelance writers in developing a professional career discussed in "Freelance Writers and the Changing Terrain of Intellectual Life in Britain, 1880-1980," by T. W. Hayek; Interpretation of fascism in "The Fascism Reader," by Aristotle A. Kallis.