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Capitalism, Culture and Decline in Britain

Capitalism, Culture and Decline in Britain

W.D. Rubinstein

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2015
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ISBN:
9780415037198
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First published in 2002.The aim of this book is to analyse and dispute a widely-held theory of Britain’s ’economic decline’ since the mid-nineteenth century, and to offer an alternative view which has important implications for our understanding of British society and culture in the modern period.

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