Author

Publication

2013 - University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations

Language

English

Word Count

98,000 words, Guess

Page Count

392 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781107007109
  • ISBN-101107007100
  • Better World Books9781107007109
  • Open LibraryOL29134065M

Classifications

  • LCCDA44 .J69 2013

Description

"What is the state? The State of Freedom 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 from dusty government files and post offices to well-thumbed primers in ancient Greek and Latin and the classrooms and dormitories of public schools and Oxbridge colleges. This is also a history of the 'who' and the 'where' of the state, of the people who ran the state, the government offices they sat in and the college halls they dined in. Patrick Joyce argues that only by considering these things, people and places can we really understand the nature of the modern state. This is both a pioneering new approach to political history in which social and material factors are centre stage, and a highly original history of modern Britain"--

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Other Editions

  • State of Freedom: A Social History of the British State Since 1800University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations2013-01-01

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