Britain Since 1900 - A Success Story?

Robert Skidelsky

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Vintage
15 August 2014

History; British & Irish history

How successul has Britain been in the twentieth century?

Robert Skidelsky debates this question in this fascinating analysis of a turbulent century which has changed Britain beyond recognition.

How successful has Britain been in the twentieth century?

This is the question Robert Skidelsky poses in this fascinating analysis of a century in which Britain lost an empire, fought two world wars, founded the welfare state and weathered economic turbulence and technological upheaval.

We are accustomed to judging nations by their success in increasing or maintaining power - by these measures Britain has failed to thrive, but what of quality of life, prosperity, political, cultural and moral values?

The British people are richer and healthier than in 1900. Despite cataclysmic events and some fraying at the edges, our society is more democratic and tolerant, and our constitution of liberty has been preserved, at a cost. Bu inequality of wealth income is much as it was before 1914, finance is scarcely less proud or industry more content, and history continues to be made by the elite.

Starting with an assessment of the material, political, cultural and moral resources Britain brought to the twentieth century, Skidelsky turns to how events and the actions of Lloyd George, Churchill, Thatcher and Blair had an impact upon them, debating the nature of success, and what the future might hold for the country.

By: Robert Skidelsky
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 458g
ISBN: 9780099572398
ISBN 10: 0099572397
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 15 August 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Skidelsky is Emeritus Professor of Political Ecomony at Warwick University. His three-volume biography of the economist John Maynard Keynes (1983,1992, 2000) received numerous prizes, including the Lionel Gelber Prize for International Relations and the Council on Foreign Relations Prize for International Relations. He is the author of The World after Communism (1995) and Keynes: The Return of the Master (2009). He was made a life peer in 1991, is a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs, and was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1994.

Reviews for Britain Since 1900 - A Success Story?

[An] informed and accessible survey New Statesman A stimulating account of Britain since 1900 -- Giles Radice House Magazine Fascinating and enjoyable -- Bernard Donoughue, author of Downing Street Diary Required reading for anyone with an interest in modern history, it must surely go on to all the best reading lists -- Bill Robinson