Lawrence Black, Hugh Pemberton

An Affluent Society? (eBook, PDF)

Britain's Post-War 'Golden Age' Revisited

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Produktbeschreibung

Despite the sense of increased affluence and social progress that was prevalent in Britain during the 1950s and 1960s, there was simultaneously, a parallel feeling that the nation was in decline and being economically outstripped by its international competitors. Whilst the study of Britain's postwar history is a well-trodden path, and the paradox of absolute growth versus relative decline, much debated, it is here approached in a fresh and rewarding way. Rather than highlighting economic and industrial 'decline' this volume emphasizes the tremendous impact of rising affluence and consumerism on British society. By focusing on the widespread cultural consequences of increasing levels of consumerism, emphasizing growth over decline and recognizing the rising standards of living enjoyed by most Britons, a new and intriguing window is opened on the complexities of this 'golden age'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351959186
• Artikelnr.: 48958974

Autorenporträt

Lawrence Black, Hugh Pemberton

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction - The uses (and abuses) of affluence
Lawrence Black and Hugh Pemberton; Affluence
conservatism and political competition in Britain and the United States
1945-64
Brian Girvin; Modernizing Britain's Welfare State: the influence of affluence
1957-64
Rodney Lowe; The forgotten revisionist: Douglas Jay and Britain's transition to affluence
1951-64
Richard Toye; Total abstinence and a good filing-system? Anthony Crosland and the affluent society
Catherine Ellis; The impression of affluence: political culture in the 1950s and 1960s
Lawrence Black; Affluence
relative decline and the Treasury
Hugh Pemberton; Economists and economic growth in Britain
c.1955-65
Roger Middleton; The polyester-flannelled philanthropists: the Birmingham consumers' group and affluent Britain
Mathew Hilton; Anticipating affluence: skill
judgement and the problems of aesthetic tutelage
Lesley Whitworth; 'Selling youth in the age of affluence': marketing to youth in Britain since 1959
Christian Bugge; Losing the peace: Germany
Japan
America and the shaping of British national identity in the age of affluence
Richard Weight; Bibliography; Index.