1964 : the year the swinging sixties began / Christopher Sandford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandford, Christopher, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nineteen sixty-four, A.D--History.

Nineteen sixty-four, A.D.

Great Britain--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Nineteen sixty-four

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham : The History Press, 2024.

Summary:

"1964 is a living history of one of the most pivotal years in the twentieth century. In Britain, a new Labour government promised to bring the 'white heat of technology'. The Beatles and Rolling Stones cemented their grip on the charts, while the introduction of BBC Two ended the two-channel monopoly and brought the first-ever broadcasts of Top of the Pops and Match of the Day. The rapid availability of the female contraceptive pill brought with it the sexual revolution, while the launch of The Sun redefined at a stroke what a popular daily paper could look like. On the world stage, this was the year of the escalating Vietnam War, Nelson Mandela's sentence to life imprisonment and the first official warnings about the dangers of smoking cigarettes. Drawing on previously unpublished diaries and interviews, Christopher Sandford tells the full and colourful story of the year that ushered in the modern era"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction

Winter

Spring

Summer

Autumn.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Sandford, Christopher. 1964.

ISBN:

1803991232

9781803991238

OCLC:

1414162977

Publisher Number:

90101641998