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The Eclipse of ‘Elegant Economy’ The Impact of the Second World War on Attitudes to Personal Finance in Britain


Free Download Martin Cohen, "The Eclipse of ‘Elegant Economy’: The Impact of the Second World War on Attitudes to Personal Finance in Britain"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1138249904, 1409439720 | EPUB | pages: 264 | 1.1 mb
Elizabeth Gaskell might have been amused to learn that the Victorian ‘elegant economy’ she mocked so poignantly in Cranford reached a new apogee in the mid-twentieth century and endured the invasion of its precise antithesis, ‘conspicuous consumption’. For Britons of all classes the years of austerity during and after the Second World War were years of disorientation and fears of resurgence of the worst of the interwar decades. They had never had more money in their pockets or less material things on which to spend it. Many took refuge in the ‘elegant economy’, its creator dubbed ‘a sort of sour-grapeism, which made us very peaceful and satisfied’. Constrained by rationing, manufacturing and import controls personal finance could only be disbursed on non-material things – sometimes wisely, sometimes pragmatically and sometimes by throwing all caution to the wind. Here for the first time is the history of these diverse reactions explored through Britain’s metamorphosis from austerity to affluence, with consumerism seen through fresh eyes. Today political commentators constantly warn of the encroachment of austerity. This book is a timely reminder of the years of real austerity in Britain: when regardless of financial status everyone suffered its tribulations: when a ‘sub-prime’ mortgage was unimaginable: when abuse of expense claims by public figures was unthinkable: and when no one dared utter a word critical of their bank or its manager.

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Eclipse Phase Transhuman


Free Download Eclipse Phase: Transhuman By Posthuman Studios
2013 | 243 Pages | ISBN: 0984583564 | PDF | 23 MB
Transhuman is the Hardcover (HC) expanded guide for both players and gamemasters: – Package-based character creation – Random life path character creation – Get more out of flexbots, swarmanoids, asyncs, and infomorphs with expanded rules and options – Make better Firewall agents with advice on investigation, combat tactics, espionage, and infiltration – Over 30 new morphs, new traits, and new character backgrounds

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Eclipse Phase Sunward The Inner System


Free Download Eclipse Phase: Sunward: The Inner System By Posthuman Studios
2010 | 195 Pages | ISBN: 0984583521 | PDF | 30 MB
Sunward details the inner part of the solar system:Can you take the heat? Find out on Mercury, the Vulcanoids, or dive into the sun’s corona with the SolariansA new star is rising on Venus, join in the intrigue as the Morningstar Constellation maneuvers for influence.Return to the cradle of transhumanity and explore the blasted, but not quite abandoned, ruins of Earth.Keepers of many of our cultural traditions, the Lunar-Lagrange Alliance stands watch over our shattered homeworld.A red storm is rising on Mars as the traditional masters of the red planet face an upswell of Barsoomian patriotism.The silent masters of the inner system, the Planetary Consortium, reach out to touch all with a velvet glove.Plus new Morphs, gear, and sample characters. Sunward is a 192 page PDF (with layers, a hyperlinked table of contents, a hyperlinked index, and internal hyperlinks) and is Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) licensed.

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Eclipse Phase Panopticon


Free Download Eclipse Phase: Panopticon By Posthuman Studios
2011 | 178 Pages | ISBN: 0984583548 | PDF | 17 MB
Panopticon surveys three areas of the Eclipse Phase setting:* Ubiquitous surveillance and sousveillance — living in a transparent society* The inner workings of space habitats — and how to hack them* Uplifts and smart animals — their scientific and cultural impacts* Plus new morphs, gear, habitat rules, and more!Panopticon is a 176-page PDF (with layers, a hyperlinked table of contents, a hyperlinked index, and internal hyperlinks) and is Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) licensed. Also available is a hardcover print on demand book, in both Standard paper and Premium paper formats! (print on demand books do not include built-in-bookmarks.)Nominated for a 2012 ENnie award for Best Writing.

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Eclipse Phase Gatecrashing


Free Download Eclipse Phase: Gatecrashing By Posthuman Studios
2011 | 203 Pages | ISBN: 098458353X | PDF | 25 MB
Gatecrashing takes you through the mysterious Pandora Gates: The 5 solar system gates and the factions that control them30 extrasolar locations of interest to FirewallExploration operations and hazardsNew morphs, new gear, and rules for gate useGatecrashing is a 200-page PDF (with layers, a hyperlinked table of contents, a hyperlinked index, and internal hyperlinks) and is Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) licensed.

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