A history of modern Britain / Andrew Marr.

Author
Marr, Andrew, 1959- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
10th anniversary edition.
Published/​Created
  • London : Pan Books, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, 2017.
  • ©2017
Description
xxxii, 671 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cm

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    "A History of Modern Britain confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and self-gratification. In each decade, political leaders think they know what they are doing, but find themselves confounded. Every time, the British people turn out to be stroppier and harder to herd than predicted. Throughout, Britain is a country on the edge - first of invasion, then of bankruptcy, then on the vulnerable front line of the Cold War and later in the forefront of the great opening up of capital and migration now reshaping the world."--Publishers description.
    Notes
    • Previous edition: London: Macmillan, 2007.
    • "..with an extensive new chapter charting the course from Blair to Brexit"--cover.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 645-654) and index.
    ISBN
    • 1509839666 ((paperback))
    • 9781509839667 ((paperback))
    OCLC
    958782455
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