British Society Since 1945

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P L N^nj IN HISTORY THE PENGUIN SOCIAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN AIDS, the enterprise culture, Spycatcher, yuppies, post- , industrialism and foótball hooliganism ... Professor Marwick's penetrating study of Britain's society and life-stylés since the Second World War is now updated to include the decade of the Thatcher revolution. High and popular culture; famMy, race, gender and class relations; sexual attitudes and material conditions; science and technology - the diversity of social developments in these areas since 1945 is explöred within a clear chronological framework. An extensive new section analyses the period from 1982 to the present: an era of privatization, polarization, information technology and, above all, contradiction. Confrontation and violence existed on a scale unprecedented in the post-war period - yet, for the rich, Britain was a better place to be than at any time since 1939. 'Professor Marwick's book is something of a tour de force ... Without serious distórtion or... Tovább

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P L N^nj IN HISTORY THE PENGUIN SOCIAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN AIDS, the enterprise culture, Spycatcher, yuppies, post- , industrialism and foótball hooliganism ... Professor Marwick's penetrating study of Britain's society and life-stylés since the Second World War is now updated to include the decade of the Thatcher revolution. High and popular culture; famMy, race, gender and class relations; sexual attitudes and material conditions; science and technology - the diversity of social developments in these areas since 1945 is explöred within a clear chronological framework. An extensive new section analyses the period from 1982 to the present: an era of privatization, polarization, information technology and, above all, contradiction. Confrontation and violence existed on a scale unprecedented in the post-war period - yet, for the rich, Britain was a better place to be than at any time since 1939. 'Professor Marwick's book is something of a tour de force ... Without serious distórtion or omission ... he moves dexterously through a wide/variety of sources, ranging from poetry through film and novels to opinion polls ... it is astonishing how much he gets in' - John|Dancy in The Times Educational Supplement 'Professor Marwick ... has two qualities both essential and traditional in social history: cheerful garrulity and happy lightness of touch ... an enjoyable, readable, usable achievement which leads the field' - John Vincent in the Sunday Times Previously published in The Pelican Social History of Britain series. Second Edítion The cover shows a still from Room at the Top, courtesv of the National Film Archive, London Vissza