Sara Hiorns is a historian of modern Britain with a special interest in the social and cultural history of the British Foreign Office.

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• Introduction. 1. 1945 - 1958. Part I: Diplomatic Service families at the time of the Second World War. Part II: Family life in Britain after the Second World War. Part III: The culture of separation. Chapter 2: 1958 - 1971. Part I: The Plowden Report. Part II: Youth culture, counterculture, third culture: the Diplomatic Service family during the "swinging sixties". Part III: The Third "Concessionary" Journey. 3: 1972 - 1984. Part I: Diplomatic wives and feminism. Part II: Children’s voices. Part III: Diplomatic Families and global threat. 4: 1985 - 1990. Part I: Plus ca change, diplomatic family life in the late 1980s. Part II: A change of attitude. Part III: The making of the transnational elite. Conclusion.

Sara Hiorns is a historian of modern Britain with a special interest in the social and cultural history of the British Foreign Office.

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• Introduction. 1. 1945 - 1958. Part I: Diplomatic Service families at the time of the Second World War. Part II: Family life in Britain after the Second World War. Part III: The culture of separation. Chapter 2: 1958 - 1971. Part I: The Plowden Report. Part II: Youth culture, counterculture, third culture: the Diplomatic Service family during the "swinging sixties". Part III: The Third "Concessionary" Journey. 3: 1972 - 1984. Part I: Diplomatic wives and feminism. Part II: Children’s voices. Part III: Diplomatic Families and global threat. 4: 1985 - 1990. Part I: Plus ca change, diplomatic family life in the late 1980s. Part II: A change of attitude. Part III: The making of the transnational elite. Conclusion.