Labour's Promised Land?
Subtitle: Culture and Society in Labour Britain 1945-51
Publisher: Lawrence & Wishart Ltd; Brand: Lawrence Wishart Ltd
Published: June 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780853158110
Subjects: British & Irish history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Central government policies; Cultural studies; Social history; Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies; c 1945 to c 1960; Politics and government; Great Britain - History - 20th Century; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Social conditions; 1945-1964; Economic conditions; 1945-; Great Britain
Description: The Labour governments of 1945-51 were the high point of Labour's popularity and enthusiasm for reform. They also established the framework for the post-war political consensus. This new collection of essays explores the cultural climate of Labour Britain and the framework of post-war political culture and welfare policies which conditioned that climate.

Labour's Promised Land? resists the temptation to view British culture of the period through rose-tinted glasses. The contributors critically assess the successes and failures of the Governments' policies, and cover issues such as: British cinema of the period, working-class consumer culture, the founding of the NHS, Labour's attempts to house and educate the heroes and their families, post-war feminist activity and the response of the right to their crushing defeat.