| Description |
286 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Essays originally presented at a conference held at Cornell University, Apr. 13-15, 1978, and sponsored by the Western Societies Program of the Center for International Studies. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the making of a crisis / Isaac Kramnick -- [Politician's perspective] Tory view / Edward Heath. Socialist view / Barbara Castle -- [British economy] Heath years : some further thoughts about union influence / Gerald A. Dorfman. Britain's economic problems : lies and damn lies / Stephen Blank. Britain's relative economic decline : a reply to Stephen Blank / Robin Marris -- [Modern British state] Was Guy Fawkes right? / Jorgen S. Rasmussen. Women and equality in Britain / Barbara Castle. Americanization of British politics / Ira Katznelson. State of desubordination / Ralph Miliband -- [One Britain?] From Scotland with love / Jack Brand. Erosion of the periphery / Milton J. Esman -- [International problem] Whose crisis? : Britain as an international problem / Lawrence Freedman. Pax Britannica and British foreign policy / Richard Rosecrance -- [Future] Future of Britain's crisis : a political analysis / Tom Nairn. Toward 1984 : George Orwell and today's Britain / Peter Stansky. |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1964-1979.
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Great Britain. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1964-1979 |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 1964-1979.
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Economic policy. |
| Indexed Term |
Great Britain Social conditions, 1970-1979 Political aspects Conference proceedings |
| Added Author |
Kramnick, Isaac.
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Cornell University. Western Societies Program.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Is Britain dying? Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1979 (OCoLC)562409875 |
| ISBN |
080141234X |
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9780801412349 |
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