The 2012 Olympic opening ceremony depicted England as a green and pleasant land. Dominated by the innocence of children dancing around the maypole this was a time to be looked upon with Rousseauian delight. But then all of a sudden the Industrial Revolution arrived- dominating the landscape, disrupting social relations, and making Great Britain into an …
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