02769nam 2200745 a 450 991078862300332120200520144314.01-84779-644-31-78170-066-41-84779-132-810.7765/9781847791320(CKB)3280000000001050(EBL)1069550(OCoLC)818847256(SSID)ssj0000712831(PQKBManifestationID)12315625(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712831(PQKBWorkID)10649754(PQKB)11220293(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086898(OCoLC)990185416(MdBmJHUP)muse78106(Au-PeEL)EBL1069550(CaPaEBR)ebr10623285(MiAaPQ)EBC1069550(DE-B1597)659671(DE-B1597)9781847791320(EXLCZ)99328000000000105020121203d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPriestley's England[electronic resource] J.B. Priestley and English culture /John BaxendaleManchester Manchester University Press20071 online resource (2 p.)Previously issued in print: 2007.0-7190-7287-5 0-7190-7286-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.9780719072864; 9780719072864Priestley's England is the first full-length academic study of J B Priestley - novelist, playwright, screen-writer, journalist and broadcaster, political activist, public intellectual and popular entertainer, one of the makers of twentieth-century Britain, and one of its sharpest critics. From his scathing analysis of a slump-stricken nation in the best-selling English Journey, to his popular wartime broadcasts which paved the way to 1945 and the welfare state, his post-war critique of 'Admass' and the Cold War (he was a co-founder of CND), and his continual engagement with the question of 'EnHISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralbisacshAdmass.CND.Cold War.English Journey.Englishness.J. B. Priestley.tradition.twentieth-century Britain.wartime broadcasts.welfare state.HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.823.912HM 3935rvkBaxendale John1510464MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788623003321Priestley's England3743151UNINA