BBC Audiobooks America
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p2005
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English
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"The sixties is one of the landmark decades of the 20th century. An era of profound social revolution, it created, for good or ill, the permissive society. A repressive, paternalistic culture gave way to greater individual freedom and it was a good time to be young. But although London was swinging, economic crises, cold war fears, industrial strife and an emerging drug culture dampened the optimism. By the end of the decade, man may have reached...
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Pub. Date
p2005
Language
English
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"Conflict characterized the 1980's: war in the South Atlantic, the miner's strike, social unrest and political polarization. By 1981, unemployment had escalated dramatically and Margaret Thatcher's popularity had plummeted. But victory in the Falklands revived Tory fortunes, and Conservative hegemony was assured. The Northern Ireland situation remained insoluble: the IRA's Brighton bomb nearly wiped out Thatcher and her cabinet. But the decade...