State of Emergency: The Way We Were: Britain, 1970-1974 - Dominic Sandbrook
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In the early 1970s, Britain seemed to be tottering on the brink of the abyss. Under Edward Heath, the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant memory. Now the headlines were dominated by strikes and blackouts, unemployment and inflation. As the world looked on in horrified fascination, Britain seemed to be tearing itself apart. And yet, amid the gloom, glittered a creativity and cultural dynamism that would influence our lives long after the nightmarish Seventies had been forgotten. In this brilliant new history, Dominic Sandbrook recreates the gaudy, schizophrenic atmosphere of the early Seventies: the world of Enoch Powell and Tony Benn, David Bowie and Brian Clough, Germaine Greer and Mary Whitehouse. An age when the unions were on the march and the socialist revolution seemed at hand, but also when feminism, permissiveness, pornography and environmentalism were transforming the lives of millions. It was an age of miners’ strikes, tower blocks and IRA atrocities, but it also gave us celebrity footballers and high-street curry houses, organic foods and package holidays, gay rights and glam rock. For those who remember the days when you could buy a new colour television but power cuts stopped you from watching it, this book could hardly be more vivid. It is the perfect guide to a luridly colourful Seventies landscape that shaped our present from the financial boardroom to the suburban deathcamp.
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This post has 5 comments with rating of 4.7/5
December 6th, 2021
Thank you for this!
December 8th, 2021
Many Thanks
May 25th, 2022
Belated thanks! This book, this amazing series, is one of the most brilliant social histories of modern times ever written. Though intended for a Brit readership, the books are easily relished and appreciated by literate readers anywhere and one is able to learn some profound lessons about how the devilish laws of unintended consequences disrupt politics, policies, and politicians everywhere. Sandbrook’s generous sprinkles of the spice of pop culture and public opinion makes these books endlessly tasty and deeply satisfying!
July 2nd, 2022
@count marco You’re welcome. They make a great series but I wish Sandbrook could have been maybe a little more consistent with his themes.
February 5th, 2023
Many many thanks!
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