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Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties
Peter Hennessy
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Description for Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties
paperback. The 1950s was the decade in which Roger Bannister ran the four-minute mile, Bill Haley released "Rock Around the Clock", rationing ended and Britain embarked on the traumatic, disastrous Suez War. This book captures Britain in a decade, emerging from the shadow of war into growing affluence. Num Pages: 768 pages, 32 pp b/w/ inset. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 562.
Winner of the Orwell Prize
The second part of Peter Hennessy's celebrated Post-War Trilogy, Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties captures Britain in an extraordinary decade, emerging from the shadow of war into growing affluence.
'If the Gods gossip, this is how it would sound' Philip Ziegler, Spectator Books of the Year
The 1950s was the decade in which Roger Bannister ran the four-minute mile, Bill Haley released 'Rock Around the Clock', rationing ended and Britain embarked on the traumatic, disastrous Suez War.
In this highly ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
768
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141004099
SKU
9780141004099
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About Peter Hennessy
Peter Hennessy is one of Britain's most celebrated historians, 'who has himself become something of a national institution' (Ben Pimlott). He is Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary University of London. His previous books include this book's two immediate predecessors, Never Again: Britain 1945-1951 (1992, winner of the Duff Cooper Prize and the NCR Prize for Non-fiction) ... Read more
Reviews for Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties
Hennessy combines the balance and authority of a historian with the brilliantly selective eye of the investigative journalist ... if the Gods gossip this is how it would sound Books of the Year
Philip Ziegler Spectator
Philip Ziegler Spectator