Regenerating England: Science, Medicine and Culture in Inter-War Britain

In the inter—war years there was much debate in Britain as to whether the best path to post—World War I regeneration would be found in the promises of science and technology, in continued and increased efficiency, in specialization and professionalization or whether the future of the nation depended on a rediscovery of older (and more authentic) ways of doing things, on a defiant anti—modernism. This debate on Britain's future was often conducted in terms of Englishness and the rebirth of a...