Seasons in the Sun - The Battle for Britain, 1974-1979

Informationen zum Autor Dominic Sandbrook is nearing completion of his great multi-volume history of postwar Britain from the mid 1950s to the late 1980s, which began with Never Had It So Good . He has written and presented a number of highly successful BBC television series, on subjects as diverse as the joys of the Volkswagen and the history of science fiction. He writes reviews and articles principally for the Daily Mail and Sunday Times . Klappentext The late 1970s were Britain's years of strife and the good life. They saw inflation, riots, the peak of trade union power - and also the birth of home computers, the rise of the ready meal and the triumph of a Grantham grocer's daughter who would change everything. This title is an account of the late 1970s in Britain. Zusammenfassung The late 1970s were Britain's years of strife and the good life. They saw inflation, riots, the peak of trade union power - and also the birth of home computers, the rise of the ready meal and the triumph of a Grantham grocer's daughter who would change everything. This title is an account of the late 1970s in Britain.

Product details

• Authors: Dominic Sandbrook, Sandbrook Dominic
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2013
• EAN: 9780141032160
• ISBN: 978-0-14-103216-0
• No. of pages: 992
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 43 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980