Austerity Britain, 1945-51

by Kynaston, David

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Title Statements

Full title :Austerity Britain, 1945-51 / David Kynaston.

Summary

"As much as any country, England bore the brunt of Germany's aggression in World War II and was ravaged in many ways at the war's end. In Austerity Britain, celebrated historian David Kynaston has written a hugely ambitious and compellingly readable account of the following six years, during which the country indomitably rebuilt itself." "Kynaston's great genius is to chronicle England's experience from bottom to top : coursing through the book, therefore, is an astonishing variety of ordinary contemporary voices, eloquently and passionately displaying the country's spirit even as they were unaware of what the future would hold. Their stories also jostle alongside those of more well-known figures such as journalist-to-be John Arlott, making his first radio broadcast, actress Glenda Jackson, and writer Doris Lessing, newly arrived from Africa and struck by the leveling poverty of postwar Britain."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2008.
Edition:1st US ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Walker
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008.

Notes

Première publication : UK by Bloomsbury, London, 2007.

The Physical Object

Description:viii, 692 pages, [32] pages de planches : : illustrations, portraits

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0802716938, 9780802716934
oclc:ocn664333485
LC Classification:DA588
Dewey Decimal:941.0854 22

Aworld to build -- Smoke in the valley.

Subjects

Grande-Bretagne -- Conditions sociales … Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 1936-195… Grande-Bretagne -- Politique et gouvern… Great Britain Great Britain -- History -- George VI, … Great Britain -- Politics and governmen… Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 1… History Politics and government Since 1936 Social conditions