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The Twilight Years The Paradox of Britain Between the Wars
by [Overy, Richard]
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"Thought-provoking and illuminating...Overy's study of British culture between the wars is absorbing and unexpectedly moving."
-The New York Times Book Review
-The New York Times Book Review
Original, entertaining, and ever-surprising, The Twilight Years tells the story of how an abiding fear of war influenced English life in the aftermath of World War I. Britain had become a laboratory for modern thought and experimentations, from eugenics to Freud's unconscious. And drawing upon these innovative ideas and concepts, intellectuals, politicians, scientists, and artists-among them Arnold Toynbee, Aldous Huxley, and H.G. Wells-grappled with a creeping fear that the West was staring down the end of civilization. The Twilight Years speaks to the frightening power of ideas in a rapidly changing world.
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- Penguin Books Brand
- Nov 30, 2010 Pub Date:
- 9780143118114 ISBN-13:
- 0143118110 ISBN-10:
- English Language
- 8.41 in * 1.17 in * 5.56 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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