Britain Since 1945

Aspects of Identity

AvPeter Leese

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Britain since 1945 is an ideal introductory text for students of British Studies, cultural studies and modern British history. Assuming no prior knowledge, Leese offers students of all backgrounds both the essential chronological grounding and vital insight into the issues of identity necessary for a full understanding of contemporary Britain.

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Utgivningsdatum:2006-09-22
Mått:156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt:549 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781403948045

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PETER LEESE teaches social and cultural history at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. His previous publications include Shell Shock and the co-edited volume The British Migrant Experience 1700-2000.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Maps, Figures and PhotographsPreface and AcknowledgementsMapsIntroduction: A Montage of IdentitiesPART ONE: FROM WAR, FROM MODERNISM: Welfare's Place; Looking New; Soap-flake Arcadia; Timeline 1: 1945-59PART TWO: POP PROTEST, POP ART: Britain's Breakup; Limited Freedoms; UK Anarchy; Timeline II: 1960-79PART THREE: POST-EMPIRE, POSTAESTHETICS: Communication Webs; Fractured, Rearranged; Fragile States; Timeline III: 1980-97PART FOUR: RE-LOCATING, RE-IMAGINING: Millennium Life; Timeline IV: 1998-2005ConclusionAppendicesBibliography and Further ReadingIndex.