01407nam a2200181Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200140007610000220009024500720011226000480018430000270023250000660025952007320032565000550105799900150111295200980112720250117103722.0250117s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9780521604796  a942.08WIE  aWiener, Martin J. 0aEnglish culture and the decline of the industrial spirit, 1850-1980  aCambridgebCambridge University Pressc2004  axviii, 217 p. ; 24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [171]-209) and index.  aEngland 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.  aIndustrialization--England--History--19th century.  c4790d4790  00104070aU001bU001d2025-01-17l0o942.08WIEp004852r2025-01-31 00:00:00w2025-01-17yBK