Understanding Decline: Perceptions and Realities of British Economic Performance (Cambridge Studies in American Theatre) - Hardcover

 
9780521563178: Understanding Decline: Perceptions and Realities of British Economic Performance (Cambridge Studies in American Theatre)
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ISBN 10: 0521563178 ISBN 13: 9780521563178
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

The theme of British economic decline is inescapable in contemporary debates about Britain's economic performance and sense of national identity. Understanding Decline is a serious contribution to an important argument, approached in a way that is accessible not only to the specialist academic market but to students of economics, history and politics. Barry Supple, to whom the volume is dedicated, when Professor of Economic History at Cambridge was concerned with various aspects of this historical problem. Indeed, his 1993 Presidential Address to the Economic History Society, 'Fear of failing', already a classic, is reprinted here as a highly effective keynote essay. Other essays pick up this theme in diverse but essentially unified ways, seeking to assess British economic performance in different ways over the past two centuries. They include case-studies through which the reality of decline can be explored, while differing perceptions of decline are examined in a number of essays dealing with ideas and policy issues.

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Review

"For those who study Britain and Europe, this book is a must read; for those who recognize the continued relevance of the idea of decline in other leading nations, it cannot be overlooked. Upper-division undergraduate and up." Choice

"...pushes into the undergrowth of long-running debates." David J. Jeremy, Business History Review

Book Description

The theme of British economic decline is inescapable in contemporary debates about Britain's economic performance and sense of national identity. Understanding Decline is a serious contribution to an important argument, approached in a way that is accessible not only to the specialist academic market but to students of economics, history, and politics.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521563178
ISBN 13 
9780521563178
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
332
Editor
Clarke Peter, Trebilcock Clive

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