Seeking a role : the United Kingdom, 1951-1970 /

This is a detailed and wide-ranging analysis of post-war Britain in the 1950s and 60s. It covers everything from international relations to family life, the countryside to manufacturing, religion to race, and cultural life to political structures. By 1970 the consumer society had supplanted postwar...

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Main Author: Harrison, Brian, 1937- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Series:New Oxford history of England.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This is a detailed and wide-ranging analysis of post-war Britain in the 1950s and 60s. It covers everything from international relations to family life, the countryside to manufacturing, religion to race, and cultural life to political structures. By 1970 the consumer society had supplanted postwar austerity, the socialist vision was fading, and 'the sixties' had introduced new and even exotic themes and values. Having lost an empire, Britain was still resourcefully seeking a role: it had yet to find it.
Item Description:Originally published in print: 2009.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191804618
0191804614