Product details
ISBN
9780141011752
Published
2004
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Weight
352 gr
Height
197 mm
Width
130 mm
Thickness
22 mm
Age
01, G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
512
Author
Biographical note
Peter Clarke is Professor of Modern British History and Master of Trinity Hall College, Cambridge. He has written several major books on aspects of British political history in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including The Keynesian Revolution in the Making 1924-1936 and A Question of Leadership.
Peter Clarke brilliantly challenges the commonly held view of Britain in the twentieth century as a nation in decline. Adopting a wide perspective, he examines the political. social and economic changes that transformed Britain. He looks at how jobs and prices, food and shelter, and education and welfare, shaped society and explores such areas as architecture, sport and popular culture. Embracing a century of national experience, Hope and Glory superbly conveys the diverse aspects of three generations who lived through unparalleled change.
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Challenges the commonly held view of Britain in the twentieth century as a nation in decline. This title examines the political, social and economic changes that transformed Britain. It looks at how jobs and prices, food and shelter, and education and welfare, shaped society and explores such areas as architecture, sport and popular culture.
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Product details
ISBN
9780141011752
Published
2004
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Weight
352 gr
Height
197 mm
Width
130 mm
Thickness
22 mm
Age
01, G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
512
Author