Author: Wiener, Martin J.
Title: English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit, 1850-1980
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (2004). 2nd edition, orig.boards. 23x15cm, xviii,217 pp.. BOUND UPSIDE-DOWN. Minor rubbing. Light cover scratch. VG. ¶ Contents: The Setting: The Janus face of modern English culture; Victorian society: accommodation and absorption; A World View: A counter-revolution of values; The 'English way of life'?; The wrong path?; Toward Behavior: Images and politics; The gentrification of the industrialist; Industrialism and English Values: An overview and an assessment. ["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." - Publisher's description]

Keywords: Historical Sociology, English Culture, England, Great Britain, Social History, Economic Economics, Industrialization, Industry Industrial,