Science and the nation
Towards new histories of twentieth-Century Britain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4558209 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Edgerton (0000-0002-8719-4471, Imperial College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 199 |
| Pages | 96-112 |
| Publication date | 2005-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2281.2005.00225.x |
| OpenAlex | W2101030223 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 6 |
This article examines the technocratic and militaristic critiques of twentieth-century Britain, arguing that they often take the form of ‘anti-histories’ of British science and technology and of preparedness for war. Such critiques have been central in conventional accounts of Britain and its national identity. This article calls, instead, for a post-declinist and post-welfarist account of twentieth-century Britain, re-examining four clichéd visions of key aspects of the historiography of twentieth-century Britain: ‘inter-war disarmament’, the ‘rise of the welfare state’, the ‘two cultures’ and the ‘White Heat’. Giving due emphasis to the history of the British ‘warfare state’, and the overlapping research enterprise, will not merely add to our existing picture but profoundly change it
Ancient history · Economic history · Historiography · Militarism · Periodization · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Technocracy · Vision · Anthropology · Australian History and Society · History · History and Developments in Astronomy · History of Science and Natural History · Law
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2018 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |