01823cam a2200325 i 450000100070000000500170000700800410002403500130006501000170007802000300009502000260012502000230015102000180017404000290019204200080022104300120022905000240024108200120026510000240027724500770030126000300037830000210040852007810042965000340121065100540124465100520129865000370135065100570138765100530144412214320230410115413.0140613s2014    nyu           000 0 eng    a18186680  a  2014012255  a9781781682906 (paperback)  z9781781682913 (ebook)  z9781781682913 (US)  a9781784782061  aDLCbengcDLCerdadD LC  apcc  ae-uk---14aHD 4145bM494p 201400a338.9411 aMeek, James,d1962-10aPrivate island :bwhy Britain now belongs to someone else /cJames Meek.  aBrooklyn :bVerso,c2014.  a229 p. ;c23 cm.  a"In a little over a generation the bones and sinews of the British economy-- rail, energy, water, postal services, municipal housing--have been sold to remote, unaccountable private owners. In a series of brilliant portraits James Meek shows how Britain's common wealth became private, and the impact it has had on us all. In a series of panoramic accounts, Meek explores the human stories behind the incremental privatization of the nation over the last three decades. As our national assets are being sold, the new buyers reap the rewards, and the ordinary consumer is left to pay the ever rising bill. Urgent, powerfully written and deeply moving, Private Island is a passionate anatomy of the state of the nation for readers of Chavs and Whoops!"--cProvided by publisher. 0aPrivatizationzGreat Britain. 0aGreat BritainxEconomic conditionsy21st century. 0aGreat BritainxSocial conditionsy21st century. 4aPrivatizaciónzGran Bretaña. 4aGran BretañaxCondiciones económicasySiglo XXI. 4aGran BretañaxCondiciones socialesySiglo XXI.