Wealth and Welfare
Subtitle: An Economic and Social History of Britain 1851-1951 (Economic and Social History of Britain)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: August 3, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 672
ISBN-13: 9780198732099
Subjects: Economic history; Social history; c 1800 to c 1900; History; History - General History; Business/Economics; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; History / Great Britain; 19th century; 20th century; Economic Conditions; Great Britain; Social conditions
Description: "Wealth and Welfare analyses British economic and social history from the Great Exhibition of 1851 through to the Festival of Britain in 1951. Throughout, Daunton stresses that the story of Britain's economy in this period should not be seen simply as one of decline, but of redirection from international to domestic markets. As he makes clear, by the end of the period, Britain's economy was both modern and efficient, with the Festival of Britain in 1951 expressing the vision of a forward-looking, confident, social-democratic nation."--Jacket.