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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Martin J Wiener |
ISBN: | 0521843766 9780521843768 0521604796 9780521604796 |
OCLC Number: | 55587737 |
Description: | xviii, 217 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | The Janus face of modern English culture -- Victorian society : accommodation and absorption -- A counterrevolution of values -- The "English way of life"? -- The wrong path? -- Images and politics -- The gentrification of the industrialist -- An overview and an assessment -- British retardation -- the limits of economic explanation. |
Responsibility: | Martin J. Wiener. |
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'He offers a much more reliable ideological chart of modern Englishness than any previous cultural history, and does so coolly and persuasively.' Tom Nairn, The Guardian 'An important book, one that deserves to be read and pondered by everybody who has some portion of Britain's destiny in his (or her) hands.' The Economist 'No rational reader could resist the impact of this book.' Laurence Lafore, The New Republic 'In a broad and imaginative way he has provided much material for an understanding of the mentality of the English elite ... This book makes an important contribution to understanding English values.' Peter Stansky, Victorian Studies 'Now Weiner has returned to the fray with a revised edition. To read it is to be reminded of the stimulating power of ideas - and the ever-present influence of the past on the present ... Macintyre gives a perceptive account of the culture of sacrifice, made for the mother country in two world wars, the making of the modern, multicultural society, ad, of course, looks at the unifying role of cricket.' BBC History Read more...


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- England -- Civilization -- 19th century.
- Industrialization -- England -- History -- 19th century.
- Industrialization -- England -- History -- 20th century.
- Industries -- England -- History -- 19th century.
- Industries -- England -- History -- 20th century.
- England -- Civilization -- 20th century.
- Industries -- Social aspects -- England.
- Civilization.
- Industrialization.
- Industries.
- Industries -- Social aspects.
- England.
- Sociale waarden.
- Elites.
- Industriële ontwikkeling.
- Wirtschaft.
- Kultur.
- Großbritannien.
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