The state of freedom : a social history of the British state since 1800
Joyce, Patrick2013
Book
What is the state? This book offers an important new take on this classic question by exploring what exactly the state did and how it worked. Patrick Joyce asks us to re-examine the ordinary things of the British state and the kinds of people who ran it.
Main title:
Author:
Joyce, Patrick, author
Imprint:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Collation:
xiii, 376 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781107694552 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.08301
Language:
English
Subject:
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th centuryGreat Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryGreat Britain -- Politics and government -- 21st centuryPower (Social sciences) -- Great Britain -- HistoryState, The -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- HistoryGreat Britain -- Social conditionsPolitics and culture -- Great Britain -- HistoryPolitical culture -- Great Britain -- History
BRN:
1014698