The Lost Victory: British Dreams, British Realities, 1945-1950
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In 1945 Britain emerged from war triumphant. On July 26, after Labour won a landslide election...
Played in Britain: Modern Theatre in 100 Plays
Kate Dorney, Frances Gray and Richard Griffiths
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Now available in paperback, Played in Britain: Modern Theatre in 100 Plays explores the best and...
The Appreciation of Film: The Postwar Film Society Movement and Film Culture in Britain
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This book offers the first full account of the film society movement in Britain and its contribution...
British Railway Enthusiasm
Ian Carter and Jeffrey Richards
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Now available in paperback, this is the first academic book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain....
Barry Hines: Kes, Threads and Beyond
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Barry Hines's novel A Kestrel for a Knave, adapted for the screen as Kes, is one of the best-known...
A Test of Wills (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #1)
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The first novel to feature war-damaged Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge, A Test of Wills is the...
The 1970s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction
John McLeod, Nick Hubble and Philip Tew
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How did social, cultural and political events in Britain during the 1970s shape Contemporary British...
British Design from 1948: Innovation in the Modern Age
Christopher Breward and Ghislaine Wood
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'The first time that post-war design in Britain has been portrayed in such detail - a must for...
Architecture of Great Expositions 1937-1959: Messages of Peace, Images of War
Rika Devos, Alexander Ortenberg, Vladimir Paperny and Eamonn Canniffe
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This book investigates architecture as a form of diplomacy in the context of the Second World War at...
Modernity Britain: 1957-1962
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David Kynaston's history of post-war Britain has so far taken us from the radically reforming Labour...