No turning back : the peacetime revolutions of post-war Britain / Paul Addison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Addison, Paul, 1943-2020.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Social conditions--1945-.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Civilization--1945-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (464 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In No Turning Back, Paul Addison takes the long view, charting the vastly changing character of British society since the end of the Second World War. As he shows, in this period a series of peaceful revolutions has completely transformed the country so that, with the advantage of a longer perspective, the comparative peace and growing prosperity of the second half of the twentieth century appear as more powerful solvents of settled ways of life than the Battle of the Sommeor the Blitz. We have come to take for granted a welfare state which would have seemed extraordinary to our forebears in t

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Graphs and Maps; Introduction; Part I: The Aftermath of War 1945-1957; 1. The Gentleman in Whitehall; 2. Fair Shares for All; 3. Victorian Values; 4. When British Was Best; Part II: The Quest for Modernity 1957-1974; 5. Managing the New Britain; 6. Great Expectations; 7. The Liberal Hour; 8. National Identities; Part III: Transformations 1974-1997; 9. Mrs Thatcher's Revolution; 10. Haves and Have-Nots; 11. The Permissive Age; 12. Uncharted Waters; The Long View; Notes; Further Reading; Copyright Acknowledgements; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K

LM; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780191029844

019102984X

9780191572500

0191572500

OCLC:

870588520