From the Bomb to the Beatles
Publisher: Collins & Brown Ltd.
Published: March 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781855856646
Subjects: Cultural studies; Industrial / Commercial Art & Design; Rock & pop; General; Popular Culture; History; History - General History; History: World; HIS000000; HIS
Description: Traces the cultural and social developments in Britain in the twenty years following the Second World War, from the restricted culture of 1945 to the dawn of heady freedoms in the 1960's. Places emphasis on the design and style of these decades looking at such changes and icons as 'the new look', the Festival of Britain, top-loading washing machines, contemporary furniture, textiles, the mini skirt and the Rolling Stones.