Understanding Decline
Subtitle: Perceptions and Realities of British Economic Performance
Contributors: Peter Clarke (Editor); Clive Trebilcock (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 21, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9780521036849
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; British & Irish history: from c 1900 -; Economic History; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; British Isles; Development - Economic Development; Business & Economics / Economic History; Business & Economics : Development - Economic Development; Great Britain - Economic conditions
First sentence: As befits such an occasion, this lecture takes a speculative view of a very broad theme: Britain's putative economic decline, and more particularly the preoccupation with failure which has intermittently characterised political, journalistic, and academic discourse over the last hundred years.