| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 253 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contemporary Britain: the context; Decline; The Establishment; John Patten; Paddy Ashdown; Centralization and democracy; 'Party of freedom has shackled us all to the state', ; '̃Cool Britanniã looks more like Fool Britannia', ; The Essential Anatomy of Britain: Democracy in Crisis, ; Models of British society; Exercises; Further reading; Images of Britain; External images; 'The making of cruel Britannia', ; 'Nothing cool about being coarse', ; Internal images; 'Cool it', ; 'Rebranding rationale' |
| Summary |
Covering every important aspect of British life from national identity to moral panics, Contemporary Britain provides a fascinating picture of life in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952-2022
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Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952-2022 -- Sources
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| Subject |
Great Britain.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History.
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Sources.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Oakland, John
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| ISBN |
020344177X |
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9780203441770 |
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0585456240 |
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9780585456249 |
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