The rise and fall of the British nation a twentieth-century history
- London Penguin Books 2019
- xxxvii, 681 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Out of a liberal, capitalist, genuinely global power of a unique kind, there arose from the 1940s a distinct British nation. This nation was committed to internal change, making it much more like the great continental powers. From the 1970s it became bound up both with the European Union and with foreign capital in new ways. David Edgerton's fascinating perspective produces refreshed understanding of everything from the nature of British politics to the performance of British industry.
9780141975979
Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century