Christopher Snowdon
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Christopher John Snowdon is an author and freelance journalist based in the UK. He writes for Sp!ked and other publications.
Snowdon was born in North Yorkshire in 1976 and studied history at Lancaster University
, graduating in 1998.
His first book, Velvet Glove, Iron Fist (2009), is a history of anti-smoking activity from the 15th century to the present day.
His second book, The Spirit Level Delusion: Fact-checking the Left's New Theory of Everything (2010), is a response to and critique of The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
.
His third book is The Art of Suppression: Pleasure, Panic and Prohibition since 1800 (2011).
Snowdon was born in North Yorkshire in 1976 and studied history at Lancaster University
Lancaster University
Lancaster University, officially The University of Lancaster, is a leading research-intensive British university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established by Royal Charter in 1964 and initially based in St Leonard's Gate until moving to a purpose-built 300 acre campus at...
, graduating in 1998.
His first book, Velvet Glove, Iron Fist (2009), is a history of anti-smoking activity from the 15th century to the present day.
His second book, The Spirit Level Delusion: Fact-checking the Left's New Theory of Everything (2010), is a response to and critique of The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better is a book by Richard G. Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, published in 2009 by Allen Lane. The book is published in the US by Bloomsbury Press with the new sub-title: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger...
.
His third book is The Art of Suppression: Pleasure, Panic and Prohibition since 1800 (2011).
Books
- The Art of Suppression: Pleasure, Panic and Prohibition since 1800 Little Dice, 2011
- The Spirit Level Delusion: Fact-checking the Left's New Theory of Everything, Democracy InstituteDemocracy InstituteThe Democracy Institute is a think-tank based in Washington, DC and London. It was founded in 2006.On its website the Institute says that "We commonly address public policy in comparative terms. Many of our research projects, therefore, have a transatlantic or international flavor...
/Little Dice, 2010 - Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: A History of Anti-Smoking, Little Dice, 2009
External links
- Velvet Glove, Iron Fist - author's website on the book
- spiritleveldelusion.blogspot.com - author's blog on the book
- Christopher Snowdon, A ‘theory of everything’ that explains nothing, May 2010