Austerity Britain: A World to Build - Softcover

Kynaston, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747585407 ISBN 13: 9780747585404

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2008

Synopsis

David Kynaston's "Austerity Britain 1945-51", the first book in his series "Tales of a New Jerusalem", was a major "Sunday Times" bestseller in 2007. Here is the first volume from this landmark book covering 1945-48. Beginning his groundbreaking series about post-war Britain, Kynaston presents our nation through the eyes of those who lived there. Meet Judy Haines, a Chingford housewife, struggling daily with food rationing; Henry St. John, a self-serving civil servant in Bristol; and, the young Glenda Jackson, taking her 11-plus. Using mass observation, diaries, letters, newspapers and magazines from the time, "A World to Build" is an unsurpassed social history: intensely evocative to those who were there and eye-opening for their children and grandchildren.

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About the Author

David Kynaston was born in Aldershot in 1951. He has been a professional historian since 1973 and has written fifteen books, including The City of London (1994-2001), a widely acclaimed four-volume history, and W.G.'s Birthday Party, an account of the Gentleman vs. the Players at Lord's in July 1898. He is currently a visiting professor at Kingston University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747585407
• ISBN 13: 9780747585404
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336