This enthralling series of photographic histories, produced in conjunction with Getty Images , is a multi-faceted vision of Britain over the past century-and-a-half, a heritage shared by all who live within its shores. In this volume, at the start of the '70s half a million music fans flocked to the Isle of Wight for the third and biggest festival to be held there. Topping the bill were the Doors, the Who and Jimi Hendrix, who died just weeks later. In February 1971, Britain switched to decimal currency and in 1973 joined the EU, then known as the Common Market. The IRA's bombing campaign cast a dark shadow over the decade, but generally the mood was optimistic - incomes were rising, young people were relishing new freedoms and opportunities, Concorde took to the skies. But trouble was brewing. A culture of strong unions and strikes descended into the stark winter of discontent. Psychedelic and glam rock gave way to gritty punk rock. People came together in a national party to celebrate the Queen's silver jubilee. Then in 1979 Margaret Thatcher stole everyone's thunder when she became Britain's first woman prime minister.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Reader's Digest
ISBN-13
9780276444012
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111599834
Product Key Features
Book Title
The 1970s: Flower Power to Union Power
Author
Reader's Digest
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
History
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
287mm
Item Width
230mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Reader's Digest
Series Title
Looking Back at Britain
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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