Sixties Britain

TRAMA

Sixties Britain provides a more nuanced and engaging history of Britain. This book analyses the main social, political, cultural and economic changes Britain undertook as well as focusing on the 'silent majority' who were just as important as the rebellious students, the residents if Soho and the icons of popular culture. Sixties Britain engages the reader without losing sight of the fact that the 1960s were a vibrant, fascinating and controversial time in British History.

SOMMARIO

Introduction: Reading the Sixties1. Post-war Britain, 1945-592. Consumerism, youth and sixties pop music3. Anxieties, faith and intellectuals4. Conservative crisis and Labour recovery, 1959-645. On screen6. ‘Swinging London’ and the ‘long front of culture’7. Labour’s first term and the politics of race8. Permissiveness and counter-culture9. Poverty and devaluation10. 1968, cultural crisis and women’s liberation11. Powellism and nationalist politics12. Labour crisis and Conservative recovery, 1968-70ConclusionBibliographyIndex

AUTORE

Mark Donnelly is Reader for History at St Mary's University College, Strawberry Hill. His many books include `Britain and the Second World War (1999).

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781405801102
• Dimensioni: 9.25 x 6.25 in Ø 0.90 lb
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 262