English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit, 1850-1980

English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit, 1850-1980
Book by Martin Wiener, 1981Cambridge University Press,/ Sep 13, 2004
"英國文化與工業精神的衰落 1850-1980" ，北京：北京大學出版社，2013

英文本幾乎可在網路讀完。中文翻譯本有一書箴言：

"國家也像人一樣在很大程度上生活在想像之中。" 

說是John Enoch Powell, (1946)，可能談印度殖民地的未來。

Powell准將是英國民選的英國史上百位名人之一，5歲學希臘文(通12語言)，25歲就是

正教授.....

1. An exploration of the cultural background of modern Britain's economic malaise. Traces the development of a pervasive middle and upper class frame of mind hostile to industrialism and economic growth from the mid-19th century to the present. Google Books
3. Published: 1981Cambridge University Press, Sep 13, 2004 
4. Author: Martin Wiener

England was the world's first great industrial nation yet, paradoxically, the English have never been comfortable with industrialism. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Martin Wiener explores the English ambivalence towards modern industrial society. His work reveals a pervasive middle- and upper-class frame of mind hostile to industrialism and economic growth. From the middle of the nineteenth century to the present, this hostility shaped a broad spectrum of cultural expression, including literature, journalism, and architecture, as well as social, historical and economic thought. In this new edition Wiener reflects on the original debate surrounding his work and examines the historiography of the past twenty years.

Contents

The Janus face of modern English culture	3
accommodation and absorption	11
A counterrevolution of values	27
The English way of life? 4 1	41
The wrong path?	81
i Images and politics 08	98

The gentrification of the industrialist	127
An overview and an assessment	157
British retardation the limits	167
Index	211
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