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
The Danes are the happiest people in the world, and pay the highest taxes. 'Neutral' Sweden is one of the biggest arms manufacturers in the world. Finns have the largest per capita gun ownership after the US and Yemen. 54 per cent of Icelanders believe in elves. Norway is the richest country on earth. 5 per cent of Danish men have had sex with an animal. Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians, on and off, for over ten years, perplexed by their many strange paradoxes and character traits and equally bemused by the unquestioning enthusiasm for all things Nordic that has engulfed the rest of the world. He leaves his adopted home of Denmark and embarks on a journey through all five of the Nordic countries to discover who these curious tribes are, the secrets of their success and, most intriguing of all, what they think of each other. Along the way a more nuanced, often darker pictur
Our Constitutional Revolution Covering the monarchy and the City, the army and the Church, Europe and sovereignty, the author demonstrates how constitutional issues influence our daily lives. He encourages the new Labour government to take a radical course and shows how constitutional reform can improve the society we live in. Forlag: Vintage Udgivelsesår: 1997 Sider: 392 Sprog: Engelsk
Programme, Myth, Reality Summary: Eric Hobsbawm's brilliant enquiry into the question of nationalism won further acclaim for his 'colossal stature ... his incontrovertible excellence as an historian, and his authoritative and highly readable prose'. Recent events in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics have since reinforced the central importance of nationalism in the history of political evolution and upheaval. This second edition has been updated in the light of those events, with a final chapter addressing the impact of the dramatic changes that have taken place. It also includes additional maps to illustrate nationalities, languages and political divisions across Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Titel: Nations and nationalism since 1780 : programme, myth, reality Forfatter: Eric Hobsbawm Forlag: Cambridge University Press Udgivelsesår: 1992 Sider: 220 Sprog:
Bogen beskriver Storbritanniens vej fra højdepunktet som verdensimperium til et moderne multikulturelt samfund. Den behandler britisk imperialisme, kolonirigets ekspansion og sammenbrud, de to verdenskrige, efterkrigstidens politiske og økonomiske omstillinger samt opbygningen af velfærdsstaten. En central del af fremstillingen er indvandring til Storbritannien, især efter 2. verdenskrig, og hvordan migration, etniske minoriteter og kulturel diversitet har påvirket britisk politik, identitet og hverdagsliv. Bogen er målrettet elever i ungdomsuddannelser og kan bruges sammen med opgaver og materiale fra tilknyttede undervisningsressourcer. Type: Paperback Dansksproget fagbog om Storbritanniens historie med fokus på udviklingen fra britisk imperialisme til et moderne multikulturelt samfund. Bogen gennemgår Storbritanniens rolle som verdensimperium, de vigtigste faser i imperiets opbygning
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
Britain has one of the oldest and most developed democracies on earth. It is admired and copied the world over. Yet at home British politics is frequently viewed with a mixture of derision and contempt. Why? Our democratic system may be mature but the politicians we elect and the media we rely on to tell us what they are up to often behave like difficult teenagers, calling each other names, arguing for the sake of argument and pointing the finger of blame rather than accepting responsibility. Little wonder that the public switches off, tired of all the racket and fed up with the lot of them. With first-hand experience of the worlds of both journalism and politics, Lance Price looks back over almost a century of battles between the media and our political leaders to find out who is to blame. He exposes liars in Downing Street and scoundrels in Fleet Street, bullies and megalomaniacs in bo
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
