English culture and the decline of the industrial spirit
1850-1980
- ISBN: 9780521604796
- Editorial: Cambridge University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2004
- Lugar de la edición: Cambridge. Reino Unido
- Edición número: 2nd ed
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 23 cm
- Nº Pág.: 217
- Idiomas: Inglés
England was the world#s first great industrial nation. Yet the English have never been comfortable with industrialism. Drawing upon a wide array of sources, Martin Wiener explores the English ambivalence to modern industrial society. His work reveals a pervasive middle- and upper-class frame of mind hostile to industrialism and economic growth. From the middle of the nineteenth century to the present, this frame of mind shaped a broad spectrum of cultural expression, including literature, journalism, and architecture, as well as social, historical, and economic thought. Now in a new edition, Wiener reflects on the original debate surrounding the work and examines the historiography of the last twenty years. Written in a graceful and accessible style, with reference to a broad range of people and ideas, this book will be of interest to all readers who wish to understand the development - and predicament - of modern England.
