Warfare State: Britain, 1920-1970
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Warfare State: Britain, 1920-1970

Warfare State: Britain, 1920-1970

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David Edgerton (Author)  

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A challenge to the central theme of the existing histories of twentieth-century Britain, that the British state was a welfare state, this book argues that it was also a warfare state, which supported a powerful armaments industry. This insight implies major revisions to our understanding of twentieth-century British history, from appeasement, to wartime industrial and economic policy, and the place of science and technology in government. David Edgerton also shows how British intellectuals came to think of the state in terms of welfare and decline, and includes a devastating analysis of C. P. Snow's two cultures. This groundbreaking book offers a new, post-welfarist and post-declinist, account of Britain, and an original analysis of the relations of science, technology, industry and the military. It will be essential reading for those working on the history and historiography of twentieth-century Britain, the historical sociology of war and the history of science and technology. 22 Tables, unspecified
David Edgerton is Hans Rausing Professor at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the Imperial College London. His previous publications include England and the Aeroplane: an Essay on a Militant and Technological Nation (1991) and Science, Technology and the British industrial 'Decline', 1870-1970 (1996).
  • Contributor: David Edgerton
  • Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780521672313
  • Number of Pages: 382
  • Packaged Dimensions: 155x229x23mm
  • Packaged Weight: 600
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Release Date: 2005-12-08
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: David Edgerton is Hans Rausing Professor at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the Imperial College London. His previous publications include England and the Aeroplane: an Essay on a Militant and Technological Nation (1991) and Science, Technology and the British industrial 'Decline', 1870-1970 (1996).

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