The Penguin History of Britain: Hope And Glory, Britain 1900-1990: Volume 9: Britain, 1900-90: v. 9 - Hardcover

Clarke, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0713990716 ISBN 13: 9780713990713

Verlag: Allen Lane, 1996

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Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remainder-marked "Damaged" to top page edges, presumably referring the rubbing along the upper board edges and front of dw. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 454 pages; x, 454p ; 24cm. At the close of the twentieth century, shaken by two world wars, the erosion of empire, and the decline of the gold standard, Britain's place in the world is constantly debated and redefined. Hope and Glory traces not only the milestones of the nation's twentieth-century decline but also the subtler threads of a cultural and social history: the end of the Victorian boom and the first social reforms; the postwar welfare state; and the consumer culture of the late fifties and sixties, whose response to the electoral slogan "You've never had it so good" led to the eighties economy and its bleak underside. In this broad yet incisive perspective, portraits of giants such as David Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, and Margaret Thatcher mingle with sketches of ordinary Britons who lived through three generations of unprecedented change. Subjects: Great Britain - History - 20th century. Great Britain - Politics and government - 20th century.

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Three generations of unprecedented change are explored in "Hope and Glory", written by Peter Clarke, a professor of history at Cambridge University. Britain in 1990 was arguably the greatest power in the world. Now, at the close of the 20th century, its place is constantly debated and redefined.

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• Verlag: Allen Lane
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0713990716
• ISBN 13: 9780713990713
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 464