Seeking a role [[electronic resource] ] : the United Kingdom, 1951-1970 / / Brian Harrison

• Autore: Harrison Brian Howard
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Clarendon Press; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (681 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.085/5
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Social life and customs 20th century; Great Britain Social conditions 20th century; Great Britain Foreign relations 1945-1964
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [579]-600) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Plates; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. THE UNITED KINGDOM IN 1951; 2. THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD; 3. THE FACE OF THE COUNTRY; 4. THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE; 5. FAMILY AND WELFARE; 6. INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE; 7. INTELLECT AND CULTURE; 8. POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; 9.'THE SIXTIES'; 10. RETROSPECT; Chronology; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: An impressively detailed but also unusually wide-ranging analysis of post-war Britain in the 1950's and 60's, covering everything from international relations to family life, the countryside to manufacturing, religion to race, cultural life to political structures. - ;In this, the first of two self-standing volumes bringing The New Oxford History of England up to the present, Brian Harrison begins in 1951 with much of the empire intact and with Britain enjoying high prestige in Europe. The United Kingdom could still then claim to be a great power, whose welfare state exemplified compromise betwe
• Titolo autorizzato: Seeking a role
• ISBN: 1-282-19921-8; 9786612199219; 0-19-154226-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455384503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New Oxford history of England.