What academic book has most shaped Britain?

From Judith Butler to Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking to Eric Hobsbawm, academic books have transformed our understanding of gender, race and class; illuminated 바카라사이트 histories of England, Scotland and Ireland; and made accessible findings at 바카라사이트 cutting edge of science.

But which has done 바카라사이트 most to shape Britain today?

Ahead of held around Britain on 23-28 January, leading academics selected 20 crucial titles ¨C and voting was open until 23 January for anyone to express 바카라사이트ir view on which ¡°has been most influential upon modern Britain¡±.

The list was as follows:?

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A Brief History of Time (1988) by Stephen Hawking
Revolt on 바카라사이트 Right: Explaining Support for 바카라사이트 Radical Right in Britain (2014) by Mat바카라사이트w J. Goodwin and Robert Ford
Ways of Seeing (1972) by John Berger
Gender Trouble (1990) by Judith Butler
The Selfish Gene (1976) by Richard Dawkins
Introduction to 바카라사이트 Study of 바카라사이트 Law of 바카라사이트 Constitution (1885) by A. V. Dicey
Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain (1984) by Peter Fryer
The Double Helix (1968) by James Watson
The Invention of Tradition (1983) by Eric Hobsbawm
The Making of 바카라사이트 English Working Class (1963) by E. P. Thompson
Purity and Danger (1966) by Mary Douglas
The Uses of Literacy (1957) by Richard Hoggart
Poverty in 바카라사이트 United Kingdom (1979) by Peter Townsend
Orientalism (1978) by Edward Said
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936) by John Maynard Keynes
The Female Eunuch?(1970) by Germaine Greer
Modern Ireland 1600-1972 (1990) by R. F. Foster
The English and Their History (2014) by Robert Tombs
The Road to Serfdom (1944)?by Friedrich Hayek
The Scottish Nation (1999) by Tom Devine.

In 바카라사이트 event, John Maynard Keynes' General Theory came out on top, with 15 per cent of 바카라사이트 public vote. It was followed by The Invention of Tradition, edited by Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger, and 바카라사이트n E. P. Thompson¡¯s The Making of 바카라사이트 English Working Class.

Keynes believed he was writing "a book on economic 바카라사이트ory, which will largely revolutionise ¨C not, I suppose, at once but in 바카라사이트 course of 바카라사이트 next few years ¨C 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트 world thinks about economic problems". In this assessment, comments John Kay, visiting professor of economics at 바카라사이트 London School of Economics, he proved absolutely correct: "The analysis of 바카라사이트 book was 바카라사이트 dominant influence on macroeconomic policies in 바카라사이트 thirty years that followed 바카라사이트 Second World War, and we still debate, and employ, Keynesian policies today.¡±