English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit, 1850-1980

Name: English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit, 1850-1980
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ISBN: 9780521604796

ISBN-10: 0521604796

ISBN-13: 9780521604796

Edition: 2nd 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Martin Joel Wiener

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England was the world's first great industrial nation yet, paradoxically, the English have never been comfortable with industrialism. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Martin Wiener explores the English ambivalence towards 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 hostility shaped a broad spectrum of cultural expression, including literature, journalism, and architecture, as well as social, historical and economic thought. In this new edition Wiener reflects on the original debate surrounding his work and examines the…

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List price: $34.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/13/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 236
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface to the first edition


Introduction to the new edition



The Setting



The Janus face of modern English culture



Victorial society: accommodation and absorption



A World View



A counterrevolution of values



The 'English way of life'?



The wrong path?



Toward Behavior: Introduction



Images and politics



The gentrification of the industrialist



Industrialism and English Values



An overview and an assessment


Appendix: British retardation - the limits of economic explanation


Notes


Index