Promised You A Miracle - Why 1980-82 Made Modern Britain

A vivid, seminal portrait of early 1980s Britain: a period that changed Britain foreverbr>br>The early 1980s in Britain were a time of hope, and of dread: of Cold War tension and imminent conflict, when crowds in the street could mean an ecstatic national celebration or an inner-city riot. Here, Andy Beckett recreates an often misunderstood moment of transition, with all its potential and uncertainty: the first precarious years of Margaret Thatcher''s government. By the end of 1982, the country was changing, leaving the kinder, more sluggish postwar Britain decisively behind, and becoming the country we have lived in ever since: assertive, commercially driven, outward-looking, often harsher than its neighbours.>

About the author

Andy Beckett is a Guardian columnist. He has also written for the Economist, The New York Times magazine, the London Review of Books and the Independent on Sunday. His previous books are Promised You A Miracle, When the Lights Went Out and Pinochet in Piccadilly.

Product details

• Authors: Andy Beckett, Beckett Andy
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.06.2016
• EAN: 9780241956885
• ISBN: 978-0-241-95688-5
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Social & cultural history, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989