When the lights went out : Britain in the seventies / Andy Beckett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beckett, Andy, 1969-

Contributor:

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Politics and government--1964-1979.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

Great Britain--History--Elizabeth II, 1952-2022.

History.

Nineteen seventies.

Physical Description:

x, 576 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Faber, 2009.

Summary:

The 70s are probably the most important and fascinating period in modern British political history. 'When The Lights Went Out' goes in search of what really happened, what it felt like at the time, and where it was all leading.

Contents:

Pt. 1. Optimism. Champagne and rust ; The great white ghost ; Heathograd

Pt. 2. Shocks. Close the gates! ; Questions of sovereignty ; Lights out ; Waiting for collapse

Pt. 3. New possibilities. The great black hope ; The real sixties ; Get out of the city ; Margaret and the Austrians ; A relationship of forces ; Marxism at lunchtime

Pt. 4. William the terrible. Brent vs. the Cotswolds ; Getting away with it? ; Pressures building ; The peasants' revolt ; Last-ditch days ; Conclusion : the long Seventies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-553) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

9780571221363

057122136X

OCLC:

310156203

Publisher Number:

99936919170