Danny Dorling, Sally Tomlinson

Rule Britannia: Brexit and the End of Empire

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Produktbeschreibung

A refreshing examination of the issues that Britain will need to face and resolve as it heads towards a future outside of the European Union.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Biteback Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 136mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9781785904530
• ISBN-10: 1785904531
• Artikelnr.: 53879546

Autorenporträt

Danny Dorling is the Halford Mackinder Professor in geography at the University of Oxford. In 2015 he was a commissioner of the London Fairness Commission, which reported in 2016. His work concerns issues of housing, health, employment, education, wealth and poverty.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables ix Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Why Brexit? 21 Chapter 2: Britain's immigrant
origins 38 Chapter 3: From empire to Commonwealth 75 Chapter 4: High
inequality and ignorant politicians 115 Chapter 5: The fantasy and future
of free trade 160 Chapter 6: How not to treat immigrants 193 Chapter 7:
Imperially rooted education and bigotry 235 Chapter 8: A land of hope and
glory? 279 Chapter 9: Why not Brexit? 312
About the authors 345 Endnotes 347 Index 387