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British Concepts of Heroic "Gallantry" and the Sixties Transition - The Politics of Medals (Hardcover)
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British Concepts of Heroic "Gallantry" and the Sixties Transition - The Politics of Medals (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History
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This book examines the relationship between concepts of heroic
"gallantry," as projected by the British honours system, and the
sociocultural, political, military and international transitions of
the supposed Sixties "cultural revolution." In so doing, it
considers how a conservative, hierarchical and state-orientated
concept both evolved and endured during a period of immense change
in which traditional assumptions of deference to elites were
increasingly challenged. Covering the period often defined as "The
Long Sixties," from 1955-79, this study concentrates on four
distinct transitions undergone by both state and non-state
gallantry awards, including developments within the welfare state,
class and gender discrimination, counterinsurgency and
decolonisation. It ultimately sheds fresh light upon the importance
of postwar decades to the continued evolution of concepts of
gallantry and heroism in British culture using a range of
underexplored government and media archives. It will be of interest
to scholars, students and general researchers of heroism in modern
Britain, the Sixties revolution, postwar military history and both
the social and political evolution of British honours, decorations
and medals.
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