1. Introduction -- 2. Technology and Change in the Nineteenth Century -- 3. Technology and Change in Contemporary Society -- 4. Society in Flux -- 5. The Potency of Economic Ideas -- 6. Economics and Ideologies -- 7. Social Response to Economic Change -- 8. Working in Community -- 9. Economic and Social Models -- 10. Economics and Culture -- 11. The Imperialism of the Economic Model -- 12. Britain and the Challenge of European Union -- 13. Epilogue: the Unblessed Venture