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Titre : Bread for All: The Origins of the Welfare State Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Chris Renwick, Auteur Editeur : Penguin Books Ltd Année de publication : 2018 Importance : 328 p. Format : 13x22 cm. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-14-198035-5 Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : SHORTLISTED FOR THE LONGMAN-HISTORY TODAY PRIZE 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2018 'Makes a gripping human story out of the wisest and most progressive policy achievement of any government in the history of the world ... the welfare state deserves books this good' Stuart Maconie, New Statesman , Books of the Year 'A brilliant book, full of little revelations' Jon Cruddas, Prospect 'Carefully argued, deftly balanced and wittily written, with countless lovely details' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times A landmark book from a remarkable new historian, on a subject that has never been more important - or imperilled Today, everybody seems to agree that something has gone badly wrong with the British welfare state. In the midst of economic crisis, politicians and commentators talk about benefits as a lifestyle choice, and of 'skivers' living off hard-working 'strivers' as they debate what a welfare state fit for the twenty-first century might look like. This major new history tells the story of one the greatest transformations in British intellectual, social and political life: the creation of the welfare state, from the Victorian workhouse, where you had to be destitute to receive help, to a moment just after the Second World War, when government embraced responsibilities for people's housing, education, health and family life, a commitment that was unimaginable just a century earlier. Though these changes were driven by developments in different and sometimes unexpected currents in British life, they were linked by one over-arching idea: that through rational and purposeful intervention, government can remake society. It was an idea that, during the early twentieth century, came to inspire people across the political spectrum. In exploring this extraordinary transformation, Bread for All explores and challenges our assumptions about what the welfare state was originally for, and the kinds of people who were involved in creating it. In doing so, it asks what the idea continues to mean for us today. En ligne : https://www.penguin.co.uk/content/dam/prh/books/279/279585/9780141980355.jpg.tra [...] Bread for All: The Origins of the Welfare State [texte imprimé] / Chris Renwick, Auteur . - Penguin Books Ltd, 2018 . - 328 p. ; 13x22 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-14-198035-5
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Résumé : SHORTLISTED FOR THE LONGMAN-HISTORY TODAY PRIZE 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2018 'Makes a gripping human story out of the wisest and most progressive policy achievement of any government in the history of the world ... the welfare state deserves books this good' Stuart Maconie, New Statesman , Books of the Year 'A brilliant book, full of little revelations' Jon Cruddas, Prospect 'Carefully argued, deftly balanced and wittily written, with countless lovely details' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times A landmark book from a remarkable new historian, on a subject that has never been more important - or imperilled Today, everybody seems to agree that something has gone badly wrong with the British welfare state. In the midst of economic crisis, politicians and commentators talk about benefits as a lifestyle choice, and of 'skivers' living off hard-working 'strivers' as they debate what a welfare state fit for the twenty-first century might look like. This major new history tells the story of one the greatest transformations in British intellectual, social and political life: the creation of the welfare state, from the Victorian workhouse, where you had to be destitute to receive help, to a moment just after the Second World War, when government embraced responsibilities for people's housing, education, health and family life, a commitment that was unimaginable just a century earlier. Though these changes were driven by developments in different and sometimes unexpected currents in British life, they were linked by one over-arching idea: that through rational and purposeful intervention, government can remake society. It was an idea that, during the early twentieth century, came to inspire people across the political spectrum. In exploring this extraordinary transformation, Bread for All explores and challenges our assumptions about what the welfare state was originally for, and the kinds of people who were involved in creating it. In doing so, it asks what the idea continues to mean for us today. En ligne : https://www.penguin.co.uk/content/dam/prh/books/279/279585/9780141980355.jpg.tra [...] Réservation
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Titre : A Political History of the World : Three Thousand Years of War and Peace Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Jonathan Holslag, Auteur Editeur : Pelican Books Année de publication : 2018 Importance : 944 p. Format : 14x22 cm. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-241-35204-5 Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : In A Political History of the World, Jonathan Holslag has produced a sweeping history of the world, from the Iron Age to the present, that investigates the causes of conflict between empires, nations and peoples and the attempts at diplomacy and cosmopolitanism. A birds-eye view of three thousand years of history, the book illuminates the forces shaping world politics from Ancient Egypt to the Han Dynasty, the Pax Romana to the rise of Islam, the Peace of Westphalia to the creation of the United Nations.
This truly global approach enables Holslag to search for patterns across different eras and regions, and explore larger questions about war, diplomacy, and power. Has trade fostered peace? What are the limits of diplomacy? How does environmental change affect stability? Is war a universal sin of power? At a time when the threat of nuclear war looms again, this is a much-needed history intended for students of international politics, and anyone looking for a background on current events.En ligne : https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41XlRINik3L._SX309_BO1,204,203, [...] A Political History of the World : Three Thousand Years of War and Peace [texte imprimé] / Jonathan Holslag, Auteur . - Pelican Books, 2018 . - 944 p. ; 14x22 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-241-35204-5
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Résumé : In A Political History of the World, Jonathan Holslag has produced a sweeping history of the world, from the Iron Age to the present, that investigates the causes of conflict between empires, nations and peoples and the attempts at diplomacy and cosmopolitanism. A birds-eye view of three thousand years of history, the book illuminates the forces shaping world politics from Ancient Egypt to the Han Dynasty, the Pax Romana to the rise of Islam, the Peace of Westphalia to the creation of the United Nations.
This truly global approach enables Holslag to search for patterns across different eras and regions, and explore larger questions about war, diplomacy, and power. Has trade fostered peace? What are the limits of diplomacy? How does environmental change affect stability? Is war a universal sin of power? At a time when the threat of nuclear war looms again, this is a much-needed history intended for students of international politics, and anyone looking for a background on current events.En ligne : https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41XlRINik3L._SX309_BO1,204,203, [...] Réservation
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Titre : State Formations : Global Histories and Cultures of Statehood Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : John L. Brooke, Auteur ; Julia C. Strauss, Auteur Editeur : Cambridge University Press Année de publication : 2018 Importance : 392 p. Format : 15x23cm. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-108-40394-8 Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : Featuring a sweeping array of essays from scholars of state formation and development, this book presents an overview of approaches to studying the history of the state. Focusing on the question of state formation, this volume takes a particular look at the beginnings, structures, and constant reforming of state power. Not only do the contributors draw upon both modernist and postmodernist theoretical perspectives, they also address the topic from a global standpoint, examining states from all areas of the world. In their diverse and thorough exploration of state building, the authors cross the theoretical, geographic, and chronological boundaries that traditionally shape this field in order to rethink the customary macro and micro approaches to the study of state building and make the case for global histories of both pre-modern and modern state formations. En ligne : https://www.ibs.it/images/9781108403948_0_536_0_75.jpg State Formations : Global Histories and Cultures of Statehood [texte imprimé] / John L. Brooke, Auteur ; Julia C. Strauss, Auteur . - Cambridge University Press, 2018 . - 392 p. ; 15x23cm.
ISBN : 978-1-108-40394-8
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Résumé : Featuring a sweeping array of essays from scholars of state formation and development, this book presents an overview of approaches to studying the history of the state. Focusing on the question of state formation, this volume takes a particular look at the beginnings, structures, and constant reforming of state power. Not only do the contributors draw upon both modernist and postmodernist theoretical perspectives, they also address the topic from a global standpoint, examining states from all areas of the world. In their diverse and thorough exploration of state building, the authors cross the theoretical, geographic, and chronological boundaries that traditionally shape this field in order to rethink the customary macro and micro approaches to the study of state building and make the case for global histories of both pre-modern and modern state formations. En ligne : https://www.ibs.it/images/9781108403948_0_536_0_75.jpg Réservation
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Titre : The British in India : Three Centuries of Ambition and Experience Hardcover Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : David Gilmour, Auteur Editeur : Allen Lane Année de publication : 2018 Importance : 623 p. Format : 16X24 cm. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-241-00452-4 Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : The British in this book lived in India from shortly after the reign of Elizabeth I until well into the reign of Elizabeth II. They were soldiers, officials, businessmen, doctors and missionaries of both sexes, planters, engineers and many others, together with children, wives and sisters. This book describes their lives, their work and their extraordinarily varied interactions with the native populations; it also records the very diverse roles they played in the three centuries of British-Indian history. Gilmour writes of people who have never been written about before, men and women who are presented here with humanity and often with humour. The result is a magnificent tapestry of life, an exceptional work of scholarly recovery which reads like a great nineteenth-century novel. It makes a highly original and engaging contribution to a long an important period of British and Indian history. En ligne : https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51xPPHeMFwL._SX323_BO1,204,203, [...] The British in India : Three Centuries of Ambition and Experience Hardcover [texte imprimé] / David Gilmour, Auteur . - Allen Lane, 2018 . - 623 p. ; 16X24 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-241-00452-4
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Résumé : The British in this book lived in India from shortly after the reign of Elizabeth I until well into the reign of Elizabeth II. They were soldiers, officials, businessmen, doctors and missionaries of both sexes, planters, engineers and many others, together with children, wives and sisters. This book describes their lives, their work and their extraordinarily varied interactions with the native populations; it also records the very diverse roles they played in the three centuries of British-Indian history. Gilmour writes of people who have never been written about before, men and women who are presented here with humanity and often with humour. The result is a magnificent tapestry of life, an exceptional work of scholarly recovery which reads like a great nineteenth-century novel. It makes a highly original and engaging contribution to a long an important period of British and Indian history. En ligne : https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51xPPHeMFwL._SX323_BO1,204,203, [...] Réservation
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Titre : The Cold War : A World History Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Odd Arne Westad, Auteur Editeur : Penguin Books Ltd Année de publication : 2017 Importance : 712 p. Format : 13x20 cm. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-14-197991-5 Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : As Germany and then Japan surrendered in 1945 there was a tremendous hope that a new and much better world could be created from the moral and physical ruins of the conflict. Instead, the combination of the huge power of the USA and USSR and the near-total collapse of most of their rivals created a unique, grim new environment: the Cold War.
For over forty years the demands of the Cold War shaped life. There was no part of the world where East and West did not, ultimately, demand a blind and absolute allegiance, and nowhere into which the West and East did not reach. Countries as remote from each other as Korea, Angola and Cuba were defined by their allegiances. Almost all civil wars became proxy conflicts for the superpowers. Europe was seemingly split in two indefinitely.
Arne Westad's remarkable new book is the first to have the distance from these events and the ambition to create a convincing, powerful narrative of the Cold War. The book is genuinely global in its reach and captures the dramas and agonies of a period always overshadowed by the horror of nuclear war and which, for millions of people, was not 'cold' at all: a time of relentless violence, squandered opportunities and moral failure.En ligne : https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51ON0ww8+DL._SX324_BO1,204,203, [...] The Cold War : A World History [texte imprimé] / Odd Arne Westad, Auteur . - Penguin Books Ltd, 2017 . - 712 p. ; 13x20 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-14-197991-5
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Résumé : As Germany and then Japan surrendered in 1945 there was a tremendous hope that a new and much better world could be created from the moral and physical ruins of the conflict. Instead, the combination of the huge power of the USA and USSR and the near-total collapse of most of their rivals created a unique, grim new environment: the Cold War.
For over forty years the demands of the Cold War shaped life. There was no part of the world where East and West did not, ultimately, demand a blind and absolute allegiance, and nowhere into which the West and East did not reach. Countries as remote from each other as Korea, Angola and Cuba were defined by their allegiances. Almost all civil wars became proxy conflicts for the superpowers. Europe was seemingly split in two indefinitely.
Arne Westad's remarkable new book is the first to have the distance from these events and the ambition to create a convincing, powerful narrative of the Cold War. The book is genuinely global in its reach and captures the dramas and agonies of a period always overshadowed by the horror of nuclear war and which, for millions of people, was not 'cold' at all: a time of relentless violence, squandered opportunities and moral failure.En ligne : https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51ON0ww8+DL._SX324_BO1,204,203, [...] Réservation
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