1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456043003321

Autore

Seaman L. C. B (Lewis Charles Bernard)

Titolo

Victorian England : aspects of English and imperial history 1837-1901 / / by L. C. B. Seaman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2002]

©1973

ISBN

1-134-94791-7

1-280-10992-0

9786610109920

0-203-40777-6

0-203-32351-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (493 p.)

Disciplina

914.20381

941.081

Soggetti

Civilization

Electronic books.

Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS page; INTRODUCTION; People of the Book; Age of Steam; Disease and Drudgery; Lord John and Sir Robert; Patriotism Prevails; Lord Pumicestone; The People's Darling; Leap in the Dark; Towards a Modern State (1); Towards a Modern State (2); Beaconsfieldism and Midlothianism; Cloud in the West; The Great Depression: Fact and Fiction; Death of Liberal England; Birth of the Twentieth Century; Imperial Pre-eminence; African Scramble; A Clash of Empires; Recessional; New Ways for Old; Queen and Mother; A NUMBER OF BOOKS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This clear and thought-provoking examination of the years from Queen Victoria's accession to the close of the century, pays particular attention to the post-1875 period.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788009403321

Autore

Norquist Grover

Titolo

A u-turn on the road to serfdom : prospects for reducing the size of the state / / Grover Norquist ; with contributions by Nima Sanandaji, Matthew Sinclair, David B. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : The Institute of Economic Affairs, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-255-36669-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

336.39

Soggetti

Government spending policy

Finance, Public

Economic policy

United States Economic policy 21st century

Great Britain Economic policy 21st century

Europe Economic policy 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.