Research Catalog

Title

The vitality of Britain / edited by Armand Clesse and Christopher Coker.

Publication

Luxembourg : Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies, c1997.

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Additional Authors

• Clesse, Armand.
• Coker, Christopher.
• Institute for European and International Studies, Luxembourg.

Description

xvi, 315 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Great Britain > Civilization > 19th century > Congresses
• Great Britain > Civilization > 20th century > Congresses
• Great Britain > Economic conditions > 20th century > Congresses
• Great Britain > History > Congresses

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• "The essays in this book are taken from a series of papers which were presented at a conference in Luxembourg [in Dec. 1993] on the theme 'The vitality of Britain"--P. [xiii].
• Includes transcript of discussions.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The tyranny of history : an analysis of Britain's decline / John A. Hall -- The use and abuse of history : the 'myth' of Britain's decline / Christopher Coker -- British vitality at its zenith : explaining the achievements of 1815-1851 / Richard and Barbara Rosecrance -- How flawed really was Britain's cutlass? : a critique of the Barnett thesis / Eric Grove -- UK economic decline : 'myth' or reality? / David Kern -- Britain and the international economy / Denis MacShane -- Engineering and economic performance in Britain since 1945 / Peter Catterall -- The finance and maintenance of innovation : the key to vitality? / William P. Kennedy -- National vitality : a valid concept? : the British example / A.E. Campbell -- The role of passivity, hopelessness and resentment in the maintenance of an underclass / Anthony Daniels -- An Italian in London / Beppe Severgnini.

ISBN

2919989030

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library