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Author Harling, Philip.

Title The modern British state : an historical introduction / Philip Harling
Published Cambridge : Polity, 2001

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Description viii, 283 pages ; 24 cm
Contents 1. The Revolution Settlement and the Rise of the Fiscal-Military State, 1688-1715 -- 2. The Fiscal-Military State and its Discontents, 1715-1815 -- 3. The Limits of the Laissez-Faire State, 1815-1880 -- 4. The Making of the Social-Service State, 1880-1939 -- 5. Total War and Cradle-to-Grave Welfare, 1939-1979 -- 6. The Limits of State Power, 1979 to the Present
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056900
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056911
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056915
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1689-1702. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056899
LC no. 00012557
ISBN 0745621929
0745621937