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A Floating Commonwealth: Politics, Culture, and Technology on Britain's Atlantic Coast, 1860-1930 Hardcover - 2008

by Harvie, Christopher

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Oxford University Press, 2008. Reprint. Hardcover. Like New. Publisher's original laminated hardback with illustration to upper cover. In nearly new condition: firm and square, strong joints, sharp corners. Contents crisp, fresh and tight. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Pages: pp. xii, 319. Illustrated and fully indexed. Offers a new portrait of society and identity in industrial Britain by focusing on the sea as connector, not barrier. Atlantic and 'inland sea' together, the author argues, created a 'floating commonwealth' of port cities and their hinterlands whose interaction, both with one another and with nationalist and imperial politics, created an intense political and cultural synergy.
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  • Title A Floating Commonwealth: Politics, Culture, and Technology on Britain's Atlantic Coast, 1860-1930
  • Author Harvie, Christopher
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
  • Date 2008
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 122962
  • ISBN 9780198227830 / 0198227833
  • Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 in (23.37 x 15.75 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - History - 19th century, Great Britain - History - 20th century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007052437
  • Dewey Decimal Code 941.081

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About the author

Christopher Harvie is Professor of British Studies at TbingenUniversity, Germany, having previously taught at the Open University. He is Honorary Professor of Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and also at Strathclyde University, Glasgow.

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