{"product_id":"the-northern-question-tom-hazeldine-9781786634061","title":"The Northern Question","description":"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?\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;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. \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Hazeldine tracks the North-South divide over the longue durée, 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. \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Northern Question\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; is set to transform our understanding of the politics of Westminster – its purpose, according to Hazeldine, to stand English history on its head.","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50490557006112,"sku":"9781786634061","price":16.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781786634061.jpg?v=1780929298","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/the-northern-question-tom-hazeldine-9781786634061","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}