An Introduction Rigorously updated and revised, British Civilizationprovides a comprehensive introduction to a wide range of aspects of today's Britain, including its country and people, politics and government, education, the economy, the media, arts, and religion. It includes: discussion of recent developments and topics of specific interest in British society at the moment such as GM foods, immigration, Britain's relationship with the USA and the EU, and the War on Terror new illustrations, cartoons, diagrams, graphs and tables expanded chapters a companion website. British Civilizationis a vital introduction to the crucial and complex identities of Britain. For supplementary exercises, questions and tutor guidance, visit: www.routledge.com/textbooks/0415365228 Forfatter: John Oakland Forlag: Routledge Udgivelsesår: 2006 Sider: 300 Sprog: Engelsk
Historisk fagbog, der som bind 11 i Carl Grimbergs flerbindsværk "Verdens historien" beskriver den epoke, hvor England tager føringen i verdenshistorien. Bogen gennemgår Englands politiske og økonomiske udvikling, sømagt, koloniale ekspansion og magtposition i forhold til andre europæiske stormagter. Den er skrevet som bred, fortællende historieskrivning med fokus på begivenheder, personer og samfundsudvikling og er velegnet til voksne læsere med interesse for verdenshistorie og europæisk historie. Type: Hardcover Bind 11 af Carl Grimbergs storværk "Verdens historien" i dansk udgave. Værket er en klassisk, fortløbende verdenshistorie skrevet af den svenske historiker Carl Grimberg, her i samarbejde med Ragnar Svanström. Dette bind har fokus på perioden, hvor England får en dominerende rolle i verdenshistorien, politisk, økonomisk og maritimt. Bogen er udgivet af Politikens Forlag i 1961
A Short History Excellent Marketplace listings for "Britain: Short History" by Jenkins starting as low as $1.99! Forlag: Oneworld Udgivelsesår: 2001 Sider: 238 Sprog: Engelsk
In this important and strikingly original book, the distinguished historian Correlli Barnett places Britain's decline since the Second World War in a startling new perspective. Basing his analysis on unpublished government records, he shows that Britain's wartime performance, far from marking a supreme achievement of national genius and effort, was in reality characterized by all the classic symptoms of the 'British disease'. By the time they took the bunting down from the streets after VE-Day and turned from the war to the future, the British in their dreams and illusions and in their flinching from reality had already written the scenario for Britain's post-war descent. Correlli Barnett described his Audit or War as an 'operational study' to 'uncover the causes of Britain's protracted decline as an industrial country since the Second World War.' First published in 1986, the book swiftl
From the Middle Ages to the Present The first general history of the evolution of European states and nations from medieval times to the present. 'Schulze demonstrates a high level of competence in tracing the growth of the nation and the state from the time of Charlemagne to the reign of Napoleon. But it is in his account of that point in the early nineteenth century when the nation and state fuse that his book achieves brilliance. Choice This book describes the twin evolutions of nation and state from the Middle Ages to the present and links them to stages in European cultural history. The author contrasts the development of the state in different parts of Europe and shows how the concept merged with the idea of the nation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The modern idea of the nation state, he argues, is rooted in the fundamental changes that took place during the industria
The acclaimed author of On Royalty explores the mysteries of English identity in this “witty, argumentative book bursting with good things” (The Daily Telegraph). A Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller Being English used to be easy. As the dominant culture in a country that dominated an empire that dominated the world, they had little need to examine themselves and ask who they were. But something has happened over the past century. A new self-confidence seems to have taken hold in Wales and Scotland, while others try to forge a new relationship with Europe. What exactly sets the English apart from their British compatriots? Is there such a thing as an English race? Renowned journalist and bestselling author Jeremy Paxman traces the invention of Englishness to its current crisis and concludes that, for all their characteristic gloom about themselves, the English may have developed a form of n
From Queen Victoria to VE Day In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire. Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation was shaken by war and peace. The two wars were the worst we had ever known and the episodes of peace among the most turbulent and surprising. As the political forum moved from Edwardian smoking rooms to an increasingly democratic Westminster, the people of Britain experimented with extreme ideas as they struggled to answer the question ‘How should we live?’ Socialism? Fascism? Feminism? Meanwhile, fads such as eugenics, vegetarianism and nudism were gripping the nation, while the popularity of the music hall soared. It was also a time that witnessed the birth of
"Worlds of English" er en undervisningsbog til engelsk, der kombinerer tekster, opgaver og baggrundsstof om det engelske sprog og dets mange varianter i verden. Materialet præsenterer forskellige engelsksprogede lande og kulturer, bl.a. Storbritannien, USA og andre tidligere britiske kolonier, gennem autentiske tekster, billeder og øvelser. Bogen lægger op til arbejde med både sprogfærdighed, litteratur, kulturforståelse og globalisering, fx emner som English as a global language, sprog og identitet samt mødet mellem forskellige kulturer. Velegnet som grundbog i engelsk på ungdomsuddannelser og eventuelt de ældste klassetrin i folkeskolen. Type: Paperback Danskproduceret engelsklærebog med titlen "Worlds of English" af Anne Mette Finderup og Agnete Fog, udgivet af Systime. Forsiden viser en collage af billeder og motiver fra forskellige engelsksprogede kulturer, bl.a. bylandskaber, kunst
