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A controversial and comprehensive analysis of Scottish politics before and after devolution, Tom Nairn's After Britain provides a scathing analysis of the twilight of an ancient state: the United Kingdom. In his mordantly funny and brilliant survey of New Labour's plans, Nairn cuts through the glitz and spin of the politics to the empty policies underneath, revealing an alternative future to that envisioned by the government.
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About the Author
Tom Nairn was born in Freuchie, Fife on 2nd June 1932. Educated in Soctland, Tom went to Dunfermline High School before attending the Edinburgh College of Art from 1950-51. After the first year of his Fine Art degree, however, he switched to Philosophy, graduating from the University of Edinburgh in 1956 with a first class Honours degree in Mental Philosophy. Heading south, Tom went on to study at Oriel College, Oxford under Iris Murdoch but he left in 1959 without completing his B.Litt degree. After a 'therapeutic conversion to mild-mannered Marxism', and a Carnegie Scholarship at Rome University, Tom lived in France for a couple of years. In 1962 he joined the editorial board of the New Left Review and it was from this period that what would later be called the 'Nairn-Anderson theses' on British Decline emerged. From 1962 until 1969 Tom Nairn lectured at various universities in the UK, including Birmingham University and the Hornsey College of Art. Sacked from the latter af
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- PublisherGranta Books
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 1862072930
- ISBN 13 9781862072930
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages324
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