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When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies by Andy Beckett (Paperback, 2010)
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‘A necessity if we want to understand now as well as then.’ Hanif Kureishi The seventies are frequently misunderstood, oversimplified and misrepresented. When the Lights Went Out goes in search of what really happened, what it felt like at the time and where it was all leading – through vivid interviews with leading participants, from Edward Heath to Jack Jones to Arthur Scargill – and brings the decade back to life in all its drama and complexity.
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The seventies encompass strikes that brought down governments, shock general election results, the rise of Margaret Thatcher and the fall of Edward Heath, the IMF crisis, the Winter of Discontent and the three-day week. When the Lights Went Out goes in search of what really happened, what it felt like at the time, and where it was all leading. It includes vivid interviews with many of the leading participants, from Heath to Jack Jones to Arthur Scargill, and it travels from the once-famous factories where the great industrial confrontations took place to the suburbs where Thatcherism was created and to remote North Sea oil rigs. The book also unearths the stories of the forgotten political actors, from the Gay Liberation Front to the hippie anarchists of the free festival movement. This book is not an academic history but something for the general reader, bringing the decade back to life in all its drama and complexity.Product Identifiers
PublisherFaber & Faber
ISBN-139780571221370
eBay Product ID (ePID)92174648
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Book TitleWhen the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies
AuthorAndy Beckett
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicHistory
Publication Year2010
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages608 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height200mm
Item Width125mm
Item Weight473g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorAndy Beckett
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 05 Sep, 2017
An insight into what the real politics of the 70's
Fantastically well researched and consistently throws up surprises. This much maligned decade is not what you expect. Conservatives supporting Keynesian economics and governments prepared to finance massive free parties. The narrative style and pace makes it compelling reading and will often leave you a gasp. Can't recommend enough if you enjoy politics and social history. Not so much if you want a book on pop culture best to look elsewhereVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 08 Jan, 2023
Essential reading. I can see parallels in the politics of today !
Essential reading. Can see parallels in the politics of today !!...Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 06 May, 2022
Great book
Great read so farVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 May, 2020
A riveting read.
Immensely readable and interesting particularly to those who remember the 70s.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
