Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 627 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour); 24 cm

Summary

1. " The first part of Matthew Engel's sweeping social history of modern Britain during the reign of Elizabeth II. She came to the throne in 1952 when Britain had a far-flung empire, sweets were rationed, mums stayed home and kids played on bombsites. Seventy years on, everything has changed utterly - except the Queen herself, ageing far more gracefully than the fractious nation over which she so lightly presides. How did we get from there to here in a single reign? To cancel culture, anti-vaxxers and Twitterfeeds? Matthew Engel tells the story - starting with the years from Churchill to Thatcher - with his own light touch and a wealth of fascinating, forgotten, often funny detail"--Publisher's description.

Alternative title

1. Way it was, 1952-79

Subject

1. Since 1952
2. Since 1945
3. Manners and customs
4. Great Britain > History > Elizabeth II, 1952-2022
5. Great Britain > Social life and customs > 1945-
6. Great Britain

Genre/Form

1. History.

Call number

1. JFE 23-739

Note

1. Includes index.

Author

1. Engel, Matthew, 1951- author.

Title

1. The reign : life in Elizabeth's Britain. Part I, The way it was, 1952-79 / Matthew Engel.

Publisher

1. London : Atlantic Books, 2022.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Chronological term

1. Since 1952

Chronological term

1. Since 1945

Other form:

1. ebook version : 9781786496683

ISBN

1. 9781786496676 hardcover
2. 1786496674 hardcover

Research call number

1. JFE 23-739