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State of Emergency: The Way We Were: Britain, 1970-1974 Book

Paperback. Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 768 Publisher: Penguin Books In the early 1970s. Itain seemed to be the tottering on the Ink of the Abyss Under Edward Heath. the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant MEMORY Now the headlines were dominated by strikes and blackouts. unemployment and inflation. As the world looked on in horrified fascination. itain seemed to be tearing itself apart. And yet. amid the gloom. glittered a creativity and cultural dynamism that would influence our lives long after the nightmarish Seventies had been forgotten. In this illiant new history. Dominic Sandook recreates the gaudy. schizophrenic atmosphere of the early Seventies: the world of Enoch Powell and Tony Benn. David Bowie and ian Clough. Germaine Greer and Mary Whitehouse. An age when the unions were on the march and the socialist revolution seemed at hand. but also when feminism. permiss...Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    In the early 1970s, Britain seemed to be tottering on the brink of the abyss. Under Edward Heath, the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant memory. Now the headlines were dominated by strikes and blackouts, unemployment and inflation. As the world looked on in horrified fascination, Britain seemed to be tearing itself apart. And yet, amid the gloom, glittered a creativity and cultural dynamism that would influence our lives long after the nightmarish Seventies had been forgotten. In this brilliant new history, Dominic Sandbrook recreates the gaudy, schizophrenic atmosphere of the early Seventies: the world of Enoch Powell and Tony Benn, David Bowie and Brian Clough, Germaine Greer and Mary Whitehouse. An age when the unions were on the march and the socialist revolution seemed at hand, but also when feminism, permissiveness, pornography and environmentalism were transforming the lives of millions. It was an age of miners' strikes, tower blocks and IRA atrocities, but it also gave us celebrity footballers and high-street curry houses, organic foods and package holidays, gay rights and glam rock. For those who remember the days when you could buy a new colour television but power cuts stopped you from watching it, this book could hardly be more vivid. It is the perfect guide to a luridly colourful Seventies landscape that shaped our present from the financial boardroom to the suburban bedroom.

  • Foyles

    State of Emergency : Britain 1970-74 is a brilliant history of the gaudy, schizophrenic atmosphere of the early Seventies. The early 1970s were the age of gloom and glam. Under Edward Heath, the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant memory. Now the headlines were dominated by social unrest, fuel shortages, unemployment and inflation. The seventies brought us miners' strikes, blackouts, IRA atrocities, tower blocks and the three-day week, yet they were also years of stunning change and cultural dynamism, heralding a social revolution that gave us celebrity footballers, high-street curry houses, package holidays, gay rights, green activists and progressive rock; the world of Enoch Powell and Tony Benn, David Bowie and Brian Clough, Germaine Greer and Mary Whitehouse. Dominic Sandbrook's State of Emergency is the perfect guide to a luridly colourful Seventies landscape that shaped our present, from the financial boardroom to the suburban bedroom.

  • BookDepository

    State of Emergency : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780141032153 : 0141032154 : 16 Jun 2011 : The early 1970s were the age of gloom and glam. Under Edward Heath, the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant memory. Now the headlines were dominated by social unrest, fuel shortages, unemployment and inflation. This book tells the history of the gaudy, schizophrenic atmosphere of the early Seventies.

  • ASDA

    In the early 1970s Britain seemed to be tottering on the brink of the abyss. Under Edward Heath the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant memory. This title recreates the gaudy schizophrenic atmosphere of the early Seventies: the world of Enoch Powell and Tony Benn David Bowie and Brian Clough Germaine Greer and Mary Whitehouse.

  • Blackwell

    The early 1970s were the age of gloom and glam. Under Edward Heath, the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant memory. Now the headlines were dominated by social unrest, fuel shortages, unemployment and inflation. This book tells the history...

  • Waterstones

    Under Edward Heath, the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant memory. Now the headlines were dominated by strikes and blackouts, unemployment and inflation. As the world looked on in horrified fascination, Britain seemed to be tearing itself a

  • 0141032154
  • 9780141032153
  • Dominic Sandbrook
  • 26 May 2011
  • Penguin
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 768
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