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Austerity Britain 1945-51 - Tales of a New Jerusalem

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Austerity Britain 1945-51

Austerity Britain 1945-51 - Tales of a New Jerusalem

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Coursing through "Austerity Britain" is an astonishing variety of voices - vivid, unselfconscious, and unaware of what the future holds. A Chingford housewife endures the tribulations of rationing; a retired schoolteacher observes during a royal visit how well-fed the Queen looks; a pernickety civil servant in Bristol is oblivious to anyone's troubles but his own. An array of working-class witnesses describe how life in post-war Britain is, with little regard for liberal niceties or the feelings of their 'betters'. Many of these voices will stay with the reader in future volumes, jostling alongside well-known figures like John Arlott (here making his first radio broadcast, still in police uniform), Glenda Jackson (taking the 11+) and Doris Lessing (newly arrived from Africa, struck by the levelling poverty of postwar Britain. David Kynaston weaves a sophisticated narrative of how the victorious 1945 Labour government shaped the political, economic and social landscape for the next three decades. Deeply researched, often amusing and always intensely entertaining and readable, the first volume of David Kynaston's ambitious history offers an entirely fresh perspective on Britain during those six momentous years.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780747579854
ISBN10 0747579857
Number Of Pages 704
Item Weight 1291 g
Product Dimensions 160 x 66 x 234 mm
Publisher / Reseller Bloomsbury
Format hardback
Edition 1st
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Praise for Kynaston's City of London series 'The four volumes of his City history of the last 200 years are a splendid achievement invaluable.' Howard Davies, The Times 'With this volume, there ends the most interesting and original piece of history writing of our times.' James Buchan, Evening Standard 'Like the earlier volumes, this book is rich in detail and splendidly entertaining Kynaston relates these events with great verve.' Sunday Telegraph

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David Kynaston was born in Aldershot in 1951. He has been a professional historian since 1973 and has written fifteen books, including The City of London (1994-2001), a widely acclaimed four-volume history, and W.G.'s Birthday Party, an account of the Gentleman vs. the Players at Lord's in July 1898. He is currently a visiting professor at Kingston University.

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