As ‘Wartime’ did for the 1940s, this book will grasp the broad
spectrum of events in the 1930s in the words of contemporary
witnesses drawn from metropolitan and provincial letters and
diaries, newspapers, periodicals, books and the range of rich
material available in the British Library. J.B. Priestley famously
described the 'three Englands' he saw in the 1930s: Old England,
nineteenth-century England and the new, post-war England. Thirties
Britain was, indeed, a land of contrasts, at once a nation rendered
hopeless by the Depression, unemployment and international
tensions, yet also a place of complacent suburban home-owners with
a baby Austin in every garage. Now Juliet Gardiner, acclaimed
author of the award-winning Wartime, provides a fresh perspective
on that restless, uncertain, ambitious decade, bringing the complex
experience of thirties Britain alive through newspapers, magazines,
memoirs, letters and diaries. Gardiner captures the essence of a
people part-mesmerised by 'modernism' in architecture, art and the
proliferation of 'dream palaces', by the cult of fitness and fresh
air, the obsession with speed, the growth and regimentation of
leisure, the democratisation of the countryside, the celebration of
elegance, glamour and sensation. Yet, at the same time, this was a
nation imbued with a pervasive awareness of loss – of Britain's
influence in the world, of accepted political, social and cultural
signposts, and finally of peace itself.
General
Imprint: |
Harperpress
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2011 |
First published: |
February 2011 |
Authors: |
Juliet Gardiner
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 54mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
576 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-731453-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
0-00-731453-1 |
Barcode: |
9780007314539 |
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