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Zusatztext It is a tribute to Sandbrook's literary skill that his scholarship is never oppressive. Alternately delightful and enlightening! he has produced a book that must have been an enormous labour to write but is a treat to read. Informationen zum Autor Born in Shropshire in 1974, Dominic Sandbrook was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, the University of St Andrews and Jesus College, Cambridge. He taught history at the University of Sheffield and has been a Senior Fellow at the Rothermere Institute, University of Oxford. Klappentext 'A rich treasure-chest of a book' ANTHONY HOWARD, Sunday Telegraph 'A spectacular history of the sixties' NICK COHEN, Observer 'Sandbrook's book is a pleasure to read ... he is a master of the human touch' RICHARD DAVENPORT-HINES, TLS 'Rivetingly readable' GODFREY SMITH, Sunday Times From the bloodshed of the Suez Crisis to the giddy heyday of Beatlemania, from the first night of Look Back in Anger to the sensational revelations of the Profumo scandal, British life during the late 1950s and early 1960s seemed more colourful, exciting and controversial than ever. Using a vast array of sources, Dominic Sandbrook tells the story of a society caught between cultural nostalgia and economic optimism. He brings to life the post-war experience for a new generation of readers, in a critically acclaimed debut that will change for ever how we think about the sixties. A fresh, enlightening and comprehensive history of Britain in the early 1960s by a supremely talented young historian. Zusammenfassung A fresh, enlightening and comprehensive history of Britain in the early 1960s by a supremely talented young historian.
