Keith Gildart is Reader in Labour and Social History at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. He has published widely in the field of labour and working-class history. He is the author of North Wales Miners: A Fragile Unity, 1945-1996 (2001) and an editor of the Dictionary of Labour Biography.

"The book's nuanced treatment of the relationship between currents of race, sexuality, gender and class identity in popular music, and the combination of a reading of the music/ians of the period and music as lived experience make this book an important piece of cultural history. ... this book is recommended reading for those working on contemporary class and youth cultures as well as music historians." (Emma Jackson, Popular Music, Vol. 34 (2), May, 2015) "Images of England is a significant contribution to research into popular music and youth culture between 1955 and 1976. ... Images of England lends a cultural voice to young people previously overlooked and adds to the body of academic literature that seeks to explain the importance of popular music in the everyday life of young people." (Adrian Horn, Social and Cultural History, Vol. 12 (2), 2015)

• PART I: TEDDY BOY ENGLAND 1. Coal, Cotton and Rock 'n' Roll in North West England 2. Exploring Soho and the Flamingo Club with Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames 3. Liverpool, the Beatles, and the Cultural Politics of Class, Race and Place PART II: MOD ENGLAND 4. My Generation: Pete Townshend, The Who and English Mods 5. Mods over England: Local Experiences and Social Control 6. Class, Nation and Social Change in the Kinks' England PART III: GLAM/PUNK ENGLAND 7. Aliens in England: Slade, David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust and Glam Rock 8. Darkness over England: Punk Rock and the Sex Pistols Anarchy Tour 1976 9. Encore: On The Road to Wigan Pier with Georgie Fame and Billy Boston, 2 March 2003

Keith Gildart is Reader in Labour and Social History at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. He has published widely in the field of labour and working-class history. He is the author of North Wales Miners: A Fragile Unity, 1945-1996 (2001) and an editor of the Dictionary of Labour Biography.

"The book's nuanced treatment of the relationship between currents of race, sexuality, gender and class identity in popular music, and the combination of a reading of the music/ians of the period and music as lived experience make this book an important piece of cultural history. ... this book is recommended reading for those working on contemporary class and youth cultures as well as music historians." (Emma Jackson, Popular Music, Vol. 34 (2), May, 2015) "Images of England is a significant contribution to research into popular music and youth culture between 1955 and 1976. ... Images of England lends a cultural voice to young people previously overlooked and adds to the body of academic literature that seeks to explain the importance of popular music in the everyday life of young people." (Adrian Horn, Social and Cultural History, Vol. 12 (2), 2015)

• PART I: TEDDY BOY ENGLAND 1. Coal, Cotton and Rock 'n' Roll in North West England 2. Exploring Soho and the Flamingo Club with Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames 3. Liverpool, the Beatles, and the Cultural Politics of Class, Race and Place PART II: MOD ENGLAND 4. My Generation: Pete Townshend, The Who and English Mods 5. Mods over England: Local Experiences and Social Control 6. Class, Nation and Social Change in the Kinks' England PART III: GLAM/PUNK ENGLAND 7. Aliens in England: Slade, David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust and Glam Rock 8. Darkness over England: Punk Rock and the Sex Pistols Anarchy Tour 1976 9. Encore: On The Road to Wigan Pier with Georgie Fame and Billy Boston, 2 March 2003

Keith Gildart is Reader in Labour and Social History at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. He has published widely in the field of labour and working-class history. He is the author of North Wales Miners: A Fragile Unity, 1945-1996 (2001) and an editor of the Dictionary of Labour Biography.

"The book's nuanced treatment of the relationship between currents of race, sexuality, gender and class identity in popular music, and the combination of a reading of the music/ians of the period and music as lived experience make this book an important piece of cultural history. ... this book is recommended reading for those working on contemporary class and youth cultures as well as music historians." (Emma Jackson, Popular Music, Vol. 34 (2), May, 2015) "Images of England is a significant contribution to research into popular music and youth culture between 1955 and 1976. ... Images of England lends a cultural voice to young people previously overlooked and adds to the body of academic literature that seeks to explain the importance of popular music in the everyday life of young people." (Adrian Horn, Social and Cultural History, Vol. 12 (2), 2015)

• PART I: TEDDY BOY ENGLAND 1. Coal, Cotton and Rock 'n' Roll in North West England 2. Exploring Soho and the Flamingo Club with Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames 3. Liverpool, the Beatles, and the Cultural Politics of Class, Race and Place PART II: MOD ENGLAND 4. My Generation: Pete Townshend, The Who and English Mods 5. Mods over England: Local Experiences and Social Control 6. Class, Nation and Social Change in the Kinks' England PART III: GLAM/PUNK ENGLAND 7. Aliens in England: Slade, David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust and Glam Rock 8. Darkness over England: Punk Rock and the Sex Pistols Anarchy Tour 1976 9. Encore: On The Road to Wigan Pier with Georgie Fame and Billy Boston, 2 March 2003