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Modernity Britain. Opening the box, 1957-59 / David Kynaston.

by Kynaston, David.

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Bloomsbury, 2013.

Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952-

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-1964.

Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 1945-

Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1945-

Kynaston, David. Tales of a new Jerusalem ; bk. 5.

9780747588931 (hc.)

0747588937 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Opening the box, 1957-59.

424 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-395) and index.

"The late 1950s was an action-packed, often dramatic time in which the contours of modern Britain began to take shape. These were the 'never had it so good' years, when the Carry On film series and the TV soap Emergency Ward 10 got going, and films like Room at the Top and plays like A Taste of Honey brought the working class to the centre of the national frame; when the urban skyline began irresistibly to go high-rise; when CND galvanised the progressive middle class; when 'youth' emerged as a cultural force; when the Notting Hill riots made race and immigration an inescapable reality; and when 'meritocracy' became the buzz word of the day. The consequences of this 'modernity' zeitgeist, David Kynaston argues, still affect us today. Opening the Box is the fifth book in the Tales of a New Jerusalem sequence, and in effect comprises the first half of the volume Modernity Britain, which is intended to cover the years 1957-1962"--Provided by publisher.

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