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Never Had it So Good: A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Never Had it So GoodA fresh, enlightening and comprehensive history of Britain in the early 1960s by a supremely talented young historian.
Full description- Publisher: Abacus
- Published: 04 May 2006
- Format: Paperback 928 pages
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- Categories: British & Irish History | 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000 | Postwar 20th Century History, From C 1945 To C 2000 | Social & Cultural History
- ISBN 13: 9780349115306 ISBN 10: 0349115303
- Sales rank: 36,108
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Full description for Never Had it So Good
In 1956 the Suez Crisis finally shattered the old myths of the British Empire and paved the way for the tumultuous changes of the decades to come. In NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD, Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at the dramatic story of affluence and decline between 1956 and 1963. Arguing that historians have until now been besotted by the supposed cultural revolution of the Sixties, Sandbrook re-examines the myths of this controversial period and paints a more complicated picture of a society caught between conservatism and change. He explores the growth of a modern consumer society, the impact of immigration, the invention of modern pop music and the British retreat from empire. He tells the story of the colourful characters of the period, like Harold Macmillan, Kingsley Amis and Paul McCartney, and brings to life the experience of the first post-imperial generation, from the Notting Hill riots to the first Beatles hits, from the Profumo scandal to the cult of James Bond. In this strikingly impressive debut, he combines academic verve and insight with colourful, dramatic writing to produce a classic, ground-breaking work that will change forever how we think about the Sixties.
