The Making of Modern Britian - Couverture rigide

Marr, Andrew

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0230709427 ISBN 13 : 9780230709423

Editeur : Macmillan, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Marr Andrew

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In "The Making of Modern Britain", Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire. Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation was shaken by war and peace. The two wars were the worst we had ever known and the episodes of peace among the most turbulent and surprising. As the political forum moved from Edwardian smoking rooms to an increasingly democratic Westminster, the people of Britain experimented with extreme ideas as they struggled to answer the question 'How should we live?' Socialism? Fascism? Feminism?. Meanwhile, fads such as eugenics, vegetarianism and nudism were gripping the nation, while the popularity of the music hall soared. It was also a time that witnessed the birth of the media as we know it today and the beginnings of the welfare state. Beyond trenches, flappers and Spitfires, this is a story of strange cults and economic madness, of revolutionaries and heroic inventors, sexual experiments and raucous stage heroines. From organic food to drugs, nightclubs and celebrities to package holidays, crooked bankers to sleazy politicians, the echoes of today's Britain ring from almost every page.

Biographie de l'auteur

Andrew Marr was born in Glasgow in 1959. He studied English at Cambridge University and has since enjoyed a long career in political journalism, working for the Scotsman, the Independent, the Daily Express and the Observer. From 2000 to 2005 he was the BBC s Political Editor. He has presented a range of programmes for television and radio, and most notably hosts The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday mornings on BBC1. Andrew lives in London with his wife, political journalist Jackie Ashley, and their three children.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0230709427
• ISBN 13: 9780230709423
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 464