Full name: Never Had It So Good: A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles

Author: Dominic Sandbrook Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Politics Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780349115306 0349115303

Arguing that historians have been besotted by the cultural revolution of the Sixties, Dominic Sandbrook re-examines the myths of this controversial period and paints a more complicated picture of a society caught between conservatism and change. He explores the growth of a modern consumer society, the impact of immigration, the invention of modern pop music, and the British retreat from empire. He tells the story of the colourful characters of the period, like Harold Macmillan, Kingsley Amis, and Paul McCartney, and brings to life the experience of the first post-imperial generation, from the Notting Hill riots to the first Beatles hits, from the Profumo scandal to the cult of James Bond. Similar books: Seasons in the Sun by Dominic Sandbrook Mad as Hell by Dominic Sandbrook A History of Britain: The Fate of Empire: 1776-2001 by Simon Schama The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy by David Cannadine The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James After the Victorians by A. N. Wilson The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 by Piers Brendon A History of Britain: The Wars of the British: 1603-1776 by Simon Schama The Stuart Age: England, 1603-1714 by Barry Coward A Short History of England by G. K. Chesterton The Civil War by Trevor Royle Austerity Britain by David Kynaston A Monarchy Transformed: Britain, 1603-1714 by Mark Kishlansky Ghosts of Empire by Kwasi Kwarteng The Domesday Book by Thomas Hinde Farewell the Trumpets by James Morris Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837 by Linda Colley Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff America by Dinesh D'Souza