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Modernity Britain [book two] : a shake of the dice, 1959-62 /

By: Kynaston, David.
Series: Tales of a new Jerusalem.Publisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2014Description: vii, 454 p., [16] pages of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781408844397 (hardback); 9781408844397:; 1408844397 (hardback).Subject(s): Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-1964 | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 1945-1964 | Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952- | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-1964 | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 1945- | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1945-DDC classification: 941.0856
Contents:
Part one. [Chapter] 1 : sure as progress itself. [Chapter] 2 : a real love match. [Chapter] 3 : to the rear of the colum. [Chapter] 4 : some fearful risks. [Chapter] 5 : an act of holy communion.-- Part two. [Chapter] 6 : whay are we falling behind?. [Chapter] 7 : working, middle and kidding themselves. [Chapter] 8 : this is my work now -- Part three. [Chapter] 9 : don't hang Riley. [Chapter] 10 : we'll all be uprooted. [Chapter] 11 : make him Sir Yuri. [Chapter] 12 : the immigrants are human. [Chapter] 13 : that first small cheer.
Summary: The late 1950s and early 1960s were a period in their own right: neither the stultifying 'high' Fifties nor the liberating 'high' Sixties, but instead an action-packed, sometimes dramatic time in which the contours of modern Britain started to take shape.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 941.0856 KYN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0091950
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part one. [Chapter] 1 : sure as progress itself. [Chapter] 2 : a real love match. [Chapter] 3 : to the rear of the colum. [Chapter] 4 : some fearful risks. [Chapter] 5 : an act of holy communion.-- Part two. [Chapter] 6 : whay are we falling behind?. [Chapter] 7 : working, middle and kidding themselves. [Chapter] 8 : this is my work now -- Part three. [Chapter] 9 : don't hang Riley. [Chapter] 10 : we'll all be uprooted. [Chapter] 11 : make him Sir Yuri. [Chapter] 12 : the immigrants are human. [Chapter] 13 : that first small cheer.

The late 1950s and early 1960s were a period in their own right: neither the stultifying 'high' Fifties nor the liberating 'high' Sixties, but instead an action-packed, sometimes dramatic time in which the contours of modern Britain started to take shape.

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