The Northern Question - A History of a Divided Country

Britain has scarcely begun to come to terms with its recent upheavals, from the crisis over Brexit to the collapse of Labour's 'red wall'. What can explain such momentous shifts?In this essential work, Tom Hazeldine excavates the history of a divided country: North and South, industry versus finance, Whitehall and the left-behind. Only by fully registering these deep-seated tensions, he argues, can we make sense of the present moment.Hazeldine tracks the North-South divide over the longue duree, from the formation of an English state rooted in London and the south-east; the Industrial Revolution and the rise of provincial trade unions and the Labour party; the dashed hopes for regional economic renewal in the post-war years; the sharply contrasting fates of northern manufacturing and the City of London under Thatcher and New Labour; to the continuing repercussions of financial crisis and austerity.The Northern Question is set to transform our understanding of the politics of Westminster - its purpose, according to Hazeldine, to stand English history on its head.

About the author

Tom Hazeldine is an editor at New Left Review.

Report

A lively, provocative and richly researched book. Tom Hazeldine shows that far from being marginal to British politics and culture, northern England has played a pivotal role in British history - and must be given serious consideration by the politicians of the future. Well-written and absorbing. Selina Todd, author of Tastes of Honey and The People

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Hazeldine, Tom Hazeldine
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.10.2020
• EAN: 9781786634061
• ISBN: 978-1-78663-406-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Kanada, Amerikanische Geschichte, European History, Politische Ideologien, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, History - General History, HISTORY / Canada / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Radicalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Historiography, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General