Michael John Law

1938: Modern Britain

Social Change and Visions of the Future

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In 1938: Modern Britain, Michael John Law demonstrates that our understanding of life in Britain just before the Second World War has been overshadowed by its dramatic political events. 1938 was the last year of normality, and Law shows through a series of case studies that in many ways life in that year was far more modern than might have been thought. By considering topics as diverse as the opening of a new type of pub, the launch of several new magazines, the emergence of push-button radios and large screen televisions sets, and the building of a huge office block, he reveals a Britain, both modern and intrigued by its own modernity, tha… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4742-8502-5
EAN: 9781474285025
Produktnummer: 24436460
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 200 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 2'767 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Abbildungen: 21 b/w illustrations

Über den Autor

Michael John Law is a Research Fellow in History at the University of Westminster, UK. He is the author of The Experience of Suburban Modernity: How Private Transport Changed Interwar London (2014), 1930s London: The Modern City (2015) and co-author of The Roadhouse Comes to Britain (2017).