'This is an ambitious and fascinating book.' English Historical Review 'A major achievement. Affluence and Authority offers an original and up-to-date history of twentieth-century Britain. As well as the conventional forces of greater prosperity and better health, he highlights the less obvious factors which have defined people's lives: the state, the influence of religion, education, the media, work, as well as the place of class and national allegiances in an increasingly fluid and multicultural Britain. He gives a genuine social history for the twenty-first century.' John Stevenson, Reader in Modern History and Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford

The turn of the millennium generated a spate of reflections on the state of the nation and the ways in which life in Britain had changed during the course of the twentieth century. "Affluence and Authority" contributes to this debate by providing a wide-ranging, well-informed and accessible interpretation of British social history during a hundred years of profound, and almost certainly unprecedented, economic, political, cultural, demographic and ideological change.
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The turn of the millennium generated a spate of reflections on the state of the nation and the ways in which life in Britain changed during the course of the twentieth century. Affluence and Authority adds to this debate through a broad, informed and accessible interpretation of British social history.
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First social history of the twentieth century Focuses on central issues, and has a genuinely 'British' coverage Written by a social historian of considerable experience
First social history of the twentieth century

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780340763674
Publisert
2005-01-28
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Vekt
440 gr
Høyde
232 mm
Bredde
154 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

John Benson is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Wolverhampton