50 Years On: A Prejudiced History of Britain Since the War

by RoyHattersley (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.25

  In FIFTY YEARS ON, Roy Hattersley explores and explains the events which have shaped modern Britain. Combining acute analysis of domestic politics with a brilliant eye for the bigger picture, his 'prejudiced history' takes the reader from the high hopes of 1945 to the cynicism of end-of century Britain. Roy Hattersley focuses his attention on two particular features of post-war Britain: the perpetuation of an education system which fails to meet the needs of the whole country, and our stubborn refusal to accept that the United Kingdom is a medium-sized European nation which can only increase its power and prosperity by real integration within the European union. FIFTY YEARS ON is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the forces that have shaped us.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1997

  $4.48

  This history of Britain since the war chronicles the main shifts in ideas and attitudes, changes in social structure and industrial performance and the influence of world events on Britain's economic prospects and international status. Examining how Britain has changed in the past half-century, it is written as a narrative in, more or less, chronological order. It is the anatomy of a journey that has taken the country from a post-war concensus on welfare to a new belief in individual enterprise.

• New

  Paperback
  1998

  $19.75

  In FIFTY YEARS ON, Roy Hattersley explores and explains the events which have shaped modern Britain. Combining acute analysis of domestic politics with a brilliant eye for the bigger picture, his 'prejudiced history' takes the reader from the high hopes of 1945 to the cynicism of end-of century Britain. Roy Hattersley focuses his attention on two particular features of post-war Britain: the perpetuation of an education system which fails to meet the needs of the whole country, and our stubborn refusal to accept that the United Kingdom is a medium-sized European nation which can only increase its power and prosperity by real integration within the European union. FIFTY YEARS ON is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the forces that have shaped us.