When The Lights Went Out

Informationen zum Autor Andy Beckett was born in 1969. He studied modern history at Oxford University and journalism at the University of California in Berkeley. He is a feature writer at the Guardian , and also writes for the London Review of Books and the New York Times magazine. He lives in London. Klappentext When the Lights Went Out goes in search of what really happened, what it felt like at the time and where it was all leading - through vivid interviews with leading participants, from Edward Heath to Jack Jones to Arthur Scargill - and brings the decade back to life in all its drama and complexity. When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies by Andy Beckett is the most dynamic, relevant and exciting history book of the year, shedding a whole new light on overlooked recent history. Zusammenfassung When the Lights Went Out goes in search of what really happened, what it felt like at the time and where it was all leading - through vivid interviews with leading participants, from Edward Heath to Jack Jones to Arthur Scargill - and brings the decade back to life in all its drama and complexity.

Product details

• Authors: Andy Beckett, Beckett Andy
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.01.2010
• EAN: 9780571221370
• ISBN: 978-0-571-22137-0
• No. of pages: 592
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 200 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, Politics and government, c 1970 to c 1979, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State