Preserving the Sixties [electronic resource] : Britain and the ‘Decade of Protest’ /
Harris, Trevor.editor.
Castro, Monia O’Brien.editor.
Re-examining the long-held belief that the Sixties in Britain were dominated mainly by 'youth' and 'protest', the authors in the collection argue that innovation was everywhere shadowed by conservatism. A decade fascinated by itself and, especially, by the future, it also was tormented by self-doubt and accompanied by a fear of losing the past.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Sixties Britain: The cultural politics of historiography; Part I: Politics; 2 The 1960s: Days of innocence; 3 The Abortion Act 1967: A fundamental change?; 4 Industrial relations in the 1960s: The end of voluntarism?; 5 The radical left and popular music in the 1960s; Part II: Culture; 6 Civil Rights in Northern Ireland and Friel's The Freedom of the City; 7 Pulp diction: Stereotypes in 1960s British literature; 8 Sketchy counter-culture
9 Psychic liberation in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band10 Preservation Society; Conclusion; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Re-examining the long-held belief that the Sixties in Britain were dominated mainly by 'youth' and 'protest', the authors in the collection argue that innovation was everywhere shadowed by conservatism. A decade fascinated by itself and, especially, by the future, it also was tormented by self-doubt and accompanied by a fear of losing the past.
Great Britain-History.
Social history.
Civilization-History.
World politics.
History, Modern.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Social History.
Cultural History.
Political History.
Cultural Studies.
Modern History.