Yet more adventures with Britannia : personalities, politics and culture in Britain

Author(s)

• Louis, William Roger

Bibliographic Information

Yet more adventures with Britannia : personalities, politics and culture in Britain

edited by Wm. Roger Louis

I.B. Tauris , Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, 2005

• : hbk

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Here is a colorful collection of writings by well known scholars and critics on modern Britain's literature and history. From British personalities, politics, and culture, to Britain's interaction with other societies, the subjects are wide-ranging and sometimes surprising. Niall Ferguson examines the origins of the first World War; Avi Shlaim reasseses the Balfour Declaration; Geoffrey Wheatcroft writes about Evelyn Waugh; David Cannadine revisits C.P. Snow's Two Cultures; and much more.

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Details

• NCID: BA73735759
• ISBN:
  • 184511082X
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London,Austin, Tex.
• Pages/Volumes: x, 419 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 941.082
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Civilization -- 20th century