{"product_id":"9781509839667","title":"A History of Modern Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Marr, Andrew, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 06\/04\/2017,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 704 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Pan Books,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: British \u0026amp; Irish history, 20th century history from c 1945 to c 2000, Social \u0026amp; cultural history\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781509839667\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and self-gratification. In each decade, political leaders think they know what they are doing, but find themselves confounded.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery time, the British people turn out to be stroppier and harder to herd than predicted. Throughout, Britain is a country on the edge - first of invasion, then of bankruptcy, then on the vulnerable front line of the Cold War and later in the forefront of the great opening up of capital and migration now reshaping the world. This history follows all the political and economic stories, but deals too with comedy, cars, the war against homosexuals, Sixties anarchists, oil-men and punks, Margaret Thatcher's wonderful good luck, political lies and the true heroes of British theatre. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis edition also includes an extra chapter charting the course from Blair to Brexit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35020410552473,"sku":"9781509839667","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781509839667.jpg?v=1602541683","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781509839667","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}