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White Heat
Dominic Sandbrook
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Description for White Heat
Paperback. * The sequel to NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD, this completes Dominic Sandbrook's groundbreaking history of Britain in the 1960s Num Pages: 976 pages, Section: 24, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 49. Weight in Grams: 714.
Harold Wilson's famous reference to 'white heat' captured the optimistic spirit of a society in the midst of breathtaking change. From the gaudy pleasures of Swinging London to the tragic bloodshed in Northern Ireland, from the intrigues of Westminster to the drama of the World Cup, British life seemed to have taken on a dramatic new momentum.
The memories, images and colourful personalities of those heady times still resonate today: mop-tops and mini-skirts, strikes and demonstrations, Carnaby Street and Kings Road, Harold Wilson and Edward Heath, Mary Quant and Jean Shrimpton, Enoch Powell and Mary Whitehouse, Marianne Faithfull and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
976
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
976
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349118208
SKU
V9780349118208
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99-99
About Dominic Sandbrook
Born in Shropshire in 1974, Dominic Sandbrook was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, the University of St Andrews and Jesus College, Cambridge. He taught history at the University of Sheffield and has been a Senior Fellow at the Rothermere Institute, University of Oxford.
Reviews for White Heat
An active pleasure to read. This is a deftly written and evocative account of the day before yesterday
Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunday, Books of The Year
A substantial contribution to our understanding of the social and political history of modern Britain
Sunday Telegraph
This is history of a commendably inclusive range
Sunday Times
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Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunday, Books of The Year
A substantial contribution to our understanding of the social and political history of modern Britain
Sunday Telegraph
This is history of a commendably inclusive range
Sunday Times
... Read more