White Heat A History of Britain in the Swinging Sixties

Harold Wilson's famous reference to 'white heat' captured the optimistic spirit of a society in the midst of breathtaking change. From the gaudy pleasures of Swinging London to the tragic bloodshed in Northern Ireland, from the intrigues of Westminster to the drama of the World Cup, British life seemed to have taken on a dramatic new momentum.The memories, images and colourful personalities of those heady times still resonate today: mop-tops and mini-skirts, strikes and demonstrations, Carnaby Street and Kings Road, Harold Wilson and Edward Heath, Mary Quant and Jean Shrimpton, Enoch Powell and Mary Whitehouse, Marianne Faithfull and Mick Jagger.In this wonderfully rich and readable historical narrative, Dominic Sandbrook looks behind the myths of the Swinging Sixties to unearth the contradictions of a society caught between optimism and decline.

ISBN:	9780349118208
Publisher:	Little, Brown
Imprint:	Abacus
Published date:	11 Oct 2007
DEWEY:	941.0856
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Sales rank:	13436
Number of pages:	954
Weight:	676g
Height:	200mm
Width:	125mm
Spine width:	44mm

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