Modernity Britain : a shake of the dice, 1959-62 / David Kynaston.

David Kynaston's history of post-war Britain has so far taken us from the radically reforming Labour governments of the late 1940s in Austerity Britain, through the growing prosperity of Family Britain's more placid 1950s, to the very cusp of the 1960s and the coming of a new Zeitgeist in Modernity...

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Main Author: Kynaston, David (Author)
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Series:Kynaston, David. Tales of a new Jerusalem.
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Physical Description:454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
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David Kynaston's history of post-war Britain has so far taken us from the radically reforming Labour governments of the late 1940s in Austerity Britain, through the growing prosperity of Family Britain's more placid 1950s, to the very cusp of the 1960s and the coming of a new Zeitgeist in Modernity Britain. The first part, Opening the Box, 1957-59, plotted the main themes of the new spirit of the age. Now, in part two - A Shake of the Dice, 1959-62 - through a rich haul of diaries, letters, newspapers and many other sources, Kynaston gets up close to a turbulent era as the speed of social change accelerated.
Call Number:DA592 .K96 2014
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781408844397 (hardback)
1408844397 (hardback)