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In and Around Cambridge in the 1960s
Richard Gaunt
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Description for In and Around Cambridge in the 1960s
Paperback. Stunning photographs of Cambridge in the late 1960s, combined with personal recollections, anecdotes from other alumni, and extracts from college archives. The book considers heavyweight issues linked to the widespread student unrest in the 1960s, but suggests that most students were more interested in eating, drinking and making merry. Num Pages: 192 pages, 236 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JJPK; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 248 x 15. Weight in Grams: 554.
A unique book showing Cambridge in the late 1960s from different angles. Striking, previously unpublished photographs show famous buildings as well as the river and backstreets and some of the small towns, villages and countryside nearby. Students and distinguished members of staff are here, with builders, shoppers in the market, and men from the gasworks. This was a time of 'demos', protests and disruption to established, maybe complacent, academic traditions. The author draws on archive sources to illustrate 'official' concerns at that time with, for example, major worries about overreactions triggering widespread unrest. However, he also draws on ... Read more
A unique book showing Cambridge in the late 1960s from different angles. Striking, previously unpublished photographs show famous buildings as well as the river and backstreets and some of the small towns, villages and countryside nearby. Students and distinguished members of staff are here, with builders, shoppers in the market, and men from the gasworks. This was a time of 'demos', protests and disruption to established, maybe complacent, academic traditions. The author draws on archive sources to illustrate 'official' concerns at that time with, for example, major worries about overreactions triggering widespread unrest. However, he also draws on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781555378
SKU
V9781781555378
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Ref
99-50
About Richard Gaunt
Although most of his family hailed from Yorkshire, Richard Gaunt was born in Lancashire and grew up in Darlington, where he attended QEGS. His education also included Corpus Christi College Cambridge, and University of Wales College Cardiff. His working life included spells in construction, chemicals, steel and local government, followed by 25 years as a director of a policy and ... Read more
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