The Myth Of Decline: The Rise of Britain Since 1945 - Tapa blanda

Bernstein, George L

 
9781844131020: The Myth Of Decline: The Rise of Britain Since 1945
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ISBN 10: 1844131025 ISBN 13: 9781844131020
Editorial: Pimlico, 2004

Sinopsis

This history of Britain since 1945 confronts two themes that have dominated British consciousness during the post-war era: the myth of decline and the pervasiveness of American influence. The political narrative is about the struggle to maintain a power that was illusory and from 1960 on to reverse an economic decline that was nearly as illusory. The British economy had its problems which are fully analyzed; however they were counterbalanced by an unparalleled prosperity. At the same time there was a social and cultural revolution which resulted in a more exciting dynamic society. While there was much American influence there was no Americanization. American influences were incorporated with many others into a new and less stodgy British culture. Contrary to conventional wisdom this groundbreaking book finds that the story of Britain since the war is marked not by decline but by progress on almost all fronts.

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Acerca del autor

George L. Bernstein was born and raised in the Washington, DC, area. He received his BA in Economics from Columbia University in 1968 and his PhD in History from the University of Chicago in 1978. He has taught at Tulane University in New Orleans since 1980, where he is currently Associate Professor of History, specializing in modern Britain. He is the author of Liberalism and Liberal Politics in Edwardian England (1986). He has lived in Britain twice for a year, as well as spending many summers there. Since July 2003 he has been Dean of Tulane College, the men's liberal arts college of Tulane University.

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Editorial
Pimlico
Año de publicación
2004
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1844131025
ISBN 13 
9781844131020
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
818
Contacto del fabricante
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