The state of freedom : a social history of the British state since 1800 / Patrick Joyce.
"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 pri...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Summary: | "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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 376 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107333062 1107333067 9781107336384 1107336384 9780511843914 0511843917 9781299257443 1299257445 9781107334724 1107334721 9781107332355 1107332354 1107234360 9781107234369 1107326621 9781107326620 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |