Sixties Britain

Did the world change in the 60s? Was there really a sexual, political, cultural revolution? Was Britain in step with the world or not? Sixties Britain gives you the real sixties, not a romanticised ideal.   A fascinanting and controversial insight into British history.

Exploring the real sixties, this book provides a detailed discussion ranging across pop, politics, postmodernism, feminism, and foreign policy to show why it was a decade of such dramatic change. It brings together discussion of culture, society and politics, and concludes that the sixties left four main developments of lasting consequence.

Sixties Britain provides a more nuanced and engaging history of Britain. This book analyses the main social, political, cultural and economic changes Britain undertook as well as focusing on the 'silent majority' who were just as important as the rebellious students, the residents if Soho and the icons of popular culture. Sixties Britain engages the reader without losing sight of the fact that the 1960s were a vibrant, fascinating and controversial time in British History.