Austerity Britain: A World to Build

David Kynaston

RRP: £7.99

Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING

Publication Date : 03/03/2008

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

The first volume from Kynaston's landmark, bestselling book "Austerity Britain 1945-51", this covers 1945-48. The hardback edition sold over 16,000 copies. Kynaston presents this period of British history through the eyes of those who lived then, from struggling housewife Judy Haines, to self-serving civil servant Henry St John, to the young Glenda Jackson, taking her 11-plus. Using mass observation, diaries, letters, newspapers and magazines from the time, it's an unsurpassed social history. 'A wonderfully illuminating picture of the way we were' Roy Hattersley, "The Times"

Publisher's description:

Presents a pictures of post-war Britain through the eyes of those who lived there - 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.

ISBN: 9780747585404