Images of Wales: From a Decade of Change : The 1970s - Couverture rigide

Gaunt, Richard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1781552436 ISBN 13 : 9781781552438

Editeur : Fonthill Media Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

During the 1970s, people in Wales had to face up to big changes to jobs, housing, transportation and many other aspects to daily life. Mines and mills were closing - but at the same time people were, on average, getting richer, and new technologies were starting to make an impact on traditional drudgery in homes, factories and offices. Richard Gaunt's previously unpublished photographs take us back to that era, with stark beautiful images of places and people taken during this turbulent decade. They cover not just the redundant steelworks and closed mines, but also older people having fun on holiday and youngsters making their own amusements on demolition sites. This unique book will trigger all kinds of nostalgia for those who remember Wales in the 1970s, but its appeal goes much wider and will include those with an interest in wider British social and economic history, and anyone who enjoys dramatic black and white images of everyday life in Britain nearly half a century ago.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Richard Gaunt was born in Lancashire but grew up in Darlington. He went to live in Wales in 1969, and took all the photographs for this book during that decade. His work career has included posts in the chemicals, steel and construction industries, as well as in local government and most recently as a director of a policy research consultancy. His photographs have appeared in The Guardian and Steam Railway among other publications.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fonthill Media Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1781552436
• ISBN 13: 9781781552438
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible