Tracing the evolution of English society from the height of the British Empire to the dawn of the single European market, this text compares the England of the 1850s with the society of the present day, and attempts to penetrate the attitudes, behaviour and psychology of the English people.
Tracing the evolution of English society from the height of the British Empire to the dawn of the single European market, this text compares the England of the 1850s with the society of the present day, and attempts to penetrate the attitudes, behaviour and psychology of the English people.
Francois Bedarida, translated by A.S. Forster and Jeffrey Hodgkinson.
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Preface Part I The Power and the Glory: 1851-80 1 INDUSTRIALISM TRIUMPHANT 2 THE MERITS OF HIERARCHY 3 POWER AND CONSENSUS Part II The Old World Resists: 1880-1914 4 THE CRISIS OF VICTORIAN VALUES 5 FROM OLIGARCHY TO DEMOCRACY? 6 THE SPLENDOUR AND SQUALOR OF A GOLDEN AGE Part III Through Storms and Crises to Recovery: 1914-55 7 THE SEARCH FOR SECURITY AND STABILITY 8 THE IMMUTABLE CLASS SYSTEM 9 THE SLOWLY CHANGING SOCIAL LANDSCAPE 10 THE FRUITS OF AFFLUENCE 11 DECADENCE OR WISDOM?
Preface Part I The Power and the Glory: 1851-80 1 INDUSTRIALISM TRIUMPHANT 2 THE MERITS OF HIERARCHY 3 POWER AND CONSENSUS Part II The Old World Resists: 1880-1914 4 THE CRISIS OF VICTORIAN VALUES 5 FROM OLIGARCHY TO DEMOCRACY? 6 THE SPLENDOUR AND SQUALOR OF A GOLDEN AGE Part III Through Storms and Crises to Recovery: 1914-55 7 THE SEARCH FOR SECURITY AND STABILITY 8 THE IMMUTABLE CLASS SYSTEM 9 THE SLOWLY CHANGING SOCIAL LANDSCAPE 10 THE FRUITS OF AFFLUENCE 11 DECADENCE OR WISDOM?
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