Winds of change : Britain in the early sixties / Peter Hennessy
2019, 1st edition. UK : Penguin Books. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #427896
ISBN: 9781846141102
Physical description; xiv, 602 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Prelude: a Tale of Two Cotswolds -- Overture: from Romans to Italians -- 1. The Chipped White Cups of Dover -- 2. Grand Design -- 3. The Pursuit of Modernity -- 4. Dash for the Exit -- 5. The Missiles of October -- 6. Sìxty-Three -- 7. Tweedy Aristocrat, Gritty Meritocrat -- 8. Wisps of Tomorrow -- 9. The 8.15 from Lime Street -- Epilogue: a Certain Idea of Britain. Subjects; Since 1945. Nineteen sixties. History. Civilization. Manners and customs. Politics and government. United Kingdom, Great Britain. c 1960 to c 1969. European history.
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