Who dares wins : Britain, 1979-1982
Sandbrook, Dominic2020
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The early 1980s were the most dramatic, colourful and controversial in our modern history. Margaret Thatcher had come to power with a daring plan to reverse Britain's decline into shabbiness and chaos. But as factories closed their doors, dole queues lengthened and the inner cities exploded in flames, would her harsh medicine rescue the Sick Man of Europe - or kill it off? This book recreates the great turning point in Britain's modern history. For some people this was an age of unparalleled opportunity, the heyday of computers and credit cards, snooker, Sloane Rangers and Spandau Ballet. But as industries collapsed, working-class communities buckled and the Labour Party tore itself apart, it was also an age of extraordinary acrimony. And when Argentine forces seized the Falklands, it seemed the final humiliation for a deeply divided country.
Main title:
Who dares wins : Britain, 1979-1982 / Dominic Sandbrook.
Author:
Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, 2020.UK : Penguin Books, 2020.
Collation:
xxxi, 940 pages, 24 pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: UK: Allen Lane, 2019."An Allen Lane book"--Back cover.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780141975283 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.0858
Language:
English
Subject:
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952-Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1979-1997Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 1945-Historyc 1970 to c 1979c 1980 to c 1989European historyHistoryConservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies
BRN:
2363146