Buy this book on-line SANDBROOK,DOMINIC: : WHITE HEAT: A History of Britain in the Swinging SixtiesLONDON.LITTLE,BROWN,2006. ISBN 0316724521.
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viii-xviiipp+4-878pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,
acknowledgements,author's preface,
Pts 1-4 comprising 35 chapters and an epilogue,24pp of contemporary b/w
(the majority) and colour photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp206/7 (b/w),
pp430/1 (colour) and pp654/5 (b/w) respectively,notes,select biblio and
an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a dedication.
"The Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution" As 1963 drew to a close,Harold Wilson's famous words captured the optimistic spirit of a society in the midst of breathtaking political,
cultural and technological change.
From the gaudy pleasures of Swinging
London to the tragic bloodshed in Northern Ireland,from the intrigues of Westminster to the drama of the World Cup,British life seemed to have taken on a thrilling new momentum.
The memories and images of those heady times still resonate today: Mods and Rockers,mop-tops and mini-skirts,strikes and demonstartions,
James Bond and 'The Avengers',
Carnaby Street and the King's Road.
So too do the colourful personalities who dominated the era:
Harold Wilson and Edward Heath,Mary Quant and Jean Shrimpton,Enoch Powell and Mary Whitehouse,Marianne Faithfull and Mick Jagger.
In this wonderfully rich and readable historical narrative,
Dominic Sandbrook looks behind the myths of the Swinging Sixties to unearth the contradictions of a society caught between optimism and decline.Using a vast array of sources,ranging from private diaries,letters and government reports to novels,magazines and television programmes,he tells the stories of ministers and models,
housewives and hippies,rock stars and revolutionaries.He explores the extraordinary development of science
and technology,the rebirth of British art and design,the travails of the economy and the complexities of the permissive society.And he shows how millions of ordinary people reacted to the changes of the
day,from tower blocks and comprehensive schools to foreign holidays and sexual equality.
Based on years of extensive research,and written with narrative flair and a wry sense of humour,this
magnificent new account is certain to become the definitive history of Britain in the sixties.
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