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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780103103321

Autore

Rubinstein W. D.

Titolo

Capitalism, culture, and decline in Britain, 1750-1990 / / W.D. Rubinstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994

ISBN

1-134-95833-1

1-134-95834-X

1-138-16287-6

9786610322008

1-280-32200-4

0-585-45248-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

330.941

Soggetti

Elite (Social sciences) - Great Britain - History

Great Britain Economic conditions 1945-1964

Great Britain Social conditions 1945-1964

Great Britain Politics and government 1945-1964

Great Britain Economic conditions 1964-1979

Great Britain Social conditions 1964-1979

Great Britain Politics and government 1964-1979

Great Britain Economic conditions 1979-1997

Great Britain Social conditions 1979-1997

Great Britain Politics and government 1979-1997

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-177) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Preface; THE BRITISH ECONOMY SINCE INDUSTRIALISATION AND THE 'CULTURAL CRITIQUE'; BRITISH CULTURE AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATION, THE 'GENTLEMAN', AND BRITISH ENTREPRENEURSHIP; ELITES AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE BRITISH ECONOMY; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This original and controversial contribution to the topical debate on Britain's economic decline presents a critique of the thesis made



familiar in recent years by Martin J. Wiener, Anthony Sampson, Correlli Barnett and others.