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British History - 20th Century -

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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 7 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book The Fascist Groove Thing: A History of Thatcher
    The Fascist Groove Thing: A History of Thatcher's Britain in 21 Mixtapes - by Hugh Hodges

    £21.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781629638843 | ISBN 10: 1629638846

    This is the late 1970s and ’80s as explained through the urgent and still-relevant songs of the Clash, the Specials, the Au Pairs, the Style Council, the Pet Shop Boys, and nearly four hundred other bands and solo artists.  Each chapter presen ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Northern Question: A Political History of the North-South Divide by Tom Hazeldine
    The Northern Question: A Political History of the North-South Divide - by Tom Hazeldine

    £20.00   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781786634061 | ISBN 10: 1786634066

    Britain has scarcely begun to come to terms with its recent upheavals, from the crisis over Brexit to the collapse of Labour's 'red wall'. What can explain such momentous shifts? In this essential work, Tom Hazeldine excavates the history of a d ... more

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  • Cover image of book Modernity Britain 1957-1962 by David Kynaston
    Modernity Britain 1957-1962 - by David Kynaston

    £14.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781408844380 | ISBN 10: 1408844389

    David Kynaston's history of post-war Britain has so far taken us from the radically reforming Labour governments of the late 1940s in Austerity Britain and through the growing prosperity of Family Britain's more placid 1950s. Now Modernity Britain 19 ... more

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  • Cover image of book Rebel Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London
    Rebel Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London's Radical History - by David Rosenberg

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780745334097 | ISBN 10: 0745334091

    The radical response to conservative heritage tours and banal day-tripper guides, Rebel Footprints brings to life the history of social movements in the capital. Transporting readers from well-known landmarks to history-making hidden corners, David R ... more

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  • Cover image of book The People
    The People's Songs: The Story of Modern Britain in 50 Records - by Stuart Maconie

    £9.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780091933807 | ISBN 10: 0091933803

    These are the songs that we have listened to, laughed to, loved to and laboured to, as well as downed tools and danced to.   Covering the last seven decades, Stuart Maconie looks at the songs that have sound tracked our changing times, and – ... more

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  • Cover image of book The People Speak: Democracy Is Not A Spectator Sport by Colin Firth, Anthony Arnove and David Horspool
    The People Speak: Democracy Is Not A Spectator Sport - by Colin Firth, Anthony Arnove and David Horspool

    £9.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780857864482 | ISBN 10: 0857864483

    "The idea was simple - take the most impassioned speeches about the fight for what is right and bring them to life for a new generation."(Colin Firth) The People Speak tells the story of Britain through the voices of the visionaries, dissenter ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Book of English Magic by Philip Carr-Gomm and Richard Heygate
    The Book of English Magic - by Philip Carr-Gomm and Richard Heygate

    £16.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781848540415 | ISBN 10: 1848540418

    The Book of English Magic explores the curious and little-known fact that of all the countries in the world, England has the richest history of magical lore and practice. English authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Terry Pratchett, and J. ... more

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