Cultural capital : the rise and fall of creative Britain /

What was "Creative Britain"? Was it the "golden age" that Tony Blair vaunted in 2007, or a neoliberal nirvana? In the twenty-first century, culture, the visual and performing arts, museums and galleries, the creative industries, have become ever more important to governments, to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hewison, Robert, 1943-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Verso, 2014.
Subjects:	Arts and society > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Arts and society > Great Britain > History > 21st century. Great Britain > Civilization > 1945- ART > History > Contemporary (1945- ) POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: 'A Golden Age'
Under New Public Management
Cool Britannia
'The Many Not Just the Few'
The Amoeba-and Its Offspring
'To Hell with Targets'
The Age of Lead
Olympic Rings
Just the Few, Not the Many
Conclusion : What Next?