Having it so Good

Informationen zum Autor Peter Hennessy , one of Britain's best-known historians, is Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the author of the classic 'post-war trilogy', Never Again: Britain 1945-1951 (winner of the NCR and Duff Cooper Prizes), Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties (winner of the Orwell Prize) and Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties, the bestselling The Prime Minister and The Secret State: Preparing For The Worst 1945-2010. He was made an independent crossbench life Peer in 2010. Klappentext Peter Hennessy is Attlee Professor of History at Queen Mary College, London, and the Director of the Mile End Institute of Contemporary British Government, Intelligence and Society. He is the author of Never Again: Britain 1945-51 (winner of the NCR and Duff Cooper Prizes); the bestselling The Prime Minister and The Secret State (all Penguin). Zusammenfassung The 1950s was the decade in which Roger Bannister ran the four-minute mile, Bill Haley released "Rock Around the Clock", rationing ended and Britain embarked on the traumatic, disastrous Suez War. This book captures Britain in a decade, emerging from the shadow of war into growing affluence.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Hennessy
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.05.2007
• EAN: 9780141004099
• ISBN: 978-0-14-100409-9
• No. of pages: 768
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; 1950 bis 1959 n. Chr., Europäische Geschichte, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Politik und Staat, European History, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government, c 1950 to c 1959, C 1945 To C 1960