Britain 1970-2020 is one of several country surveys that Gretton Books is publishing during
2024 under the overall rubric of ‘1974 Fifty Years On’.
The surveys developed from the positive reception that greeted our 2020 publication ‘1974 – A World in Flux’ by Joe Brydon.
The aim of the series and each country survey is to provide a social, historical, political and cultural analysis over a fifty year period. Each of the surveys is written primarily for those aged 16-24 (the next generation) and appropriate for those soon to start, or already at, college or university, but is expected to appeal more widely as well.
Britain 1970-2020 Pat Thane
Visiting Professor in History, Birkbeck and Professor Emerita University of London
ISBN 978-1-7399497-4-7 paperback £7.99 iv+92pp
CONTENTS
| 1 | Introduction 1945-1970 |
| 2 | 1970-1979 |
| 3 | 1979-1900, The ‘Iron Lady’ |
| 4 | 1990-1997, John Major |
| 5 | 1997-2010, ‘New Labour’ |
| 6 | 2010-2020 |
| 7 | Conclusion |
| Additional reading
References |
