Beatles and Sixties Britain

In this rigorous study, Marcus Collins reconceives the Beatles' social, cultural and political impact on sixties Britain.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The other sixties: an anti-permissive permissive society?; 2. Society, 1963-65: The Beatles and modernity; 3. Society, 1966-70: The Beatles go too far; 4. Culture: the Beatles as artists; 5. Politics: the Beatles, parliament and revolution; Conclusion.

About the author

Marcus Collins is Senior Lecturer in Cultural History at Loughborough University and an elected member of Council of the Royal Historical Society. A specialist on popular culture and social change since 1945, he is author of Modern Love: An Intimate History of Men and Women in Twentieth-Century Britain (2003), editor of The Permissive Society and its Enemies: Sixties British Culture (2007) and co-author of Why Study History? (2020).

Summary

Marcus Collins writes for anyone interested in the Beatles, the sixties and the relationship between the two. This book's extensive research shows how the Beatles acted as the sand in the oyster of 1960s Britain: their disruptive presence inciting a wholesale re-examination of social, political and cultural norms.

Product details

• Authors: Marcus Collins, Marcus (Loughborough University) Collins, Collins Marcus
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781108477246
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47724-6
• No. of pages: 382
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Rock, Popular Culture, European History, Rock & Pop music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1960 to c 1970, Pop Music, Popular Music, c 1960 to c 1969, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters