
1970s Britain
1970-1979
Shire Publications (Publisher)
Published on 10. April 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-0-7478-1097-1 (ISBN)
Description
The 1970s is remembered as a decade of punk rock, the 'Winter of Discontent', 'Bloody Sunday' and 'The Female Eunuch'. The iconic images of the '70s, from the break-up of the Beatles to the striking Merseyside graveyard diggers and mountains of municipal rubbish in Leicester Square, provide a glimpse into the extraordinary contrasts of the decade. Britain in the 1970s has been painted as a country in crisis, but the country also experienced huge positive social and cultural shifts, with the blossoming of modern feminism, the Gay Liberation Front, and the establishment of the Commission for Racial Equality. The high street enjoyed the impact of new technology and new brands, and global travel was brought within the reach of many. Here the authors reassess a decade rich in continuities and contrasts from different national and local perspectives.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
11 col
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
3438 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7478-1097-1 (9780747810971)
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Dr Janet Shepherd gained her doctorate in Poor Law education. She teaches, and also specialises in children's literature. Professor John Shepherd is co-director of the Labour Research Unit, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, and author of a biography of George Lansbury.
Professor John Shepherd is Co-Director of the Labour History Research Unit, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge and author of George Lansbury (OUP, 2004). He is currently researching and writing a book on the Winter of Discontent for Manchester University Press.
Professor John Shepherd is Co-Director of the Labour History Research Unit, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge and author of George Lansbury (OUP, 2004). He is currently researching and writing a book on the Winter of Discontent for Manchester University Press.