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That Option No Longer Exists – Britain 1974–76
John Medhurst
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Paperback. The 1970s in Britain were years of immense social, cultural and political liberation aborted by a right-wing counter revolution. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JF; YNH; YNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 210.
It is time to look afresh at the 1970s. It was not a grey decade of decline, defeat and power blackouts. Bursting with cultural experimentation, sexual liberation and industrial militancy, the 1970s saw the ruling elites of Britain challenged at every level, most especially by a Labour left led by Tony Benn which aimed to effect a "fundamental and irreversible shift in the balance of wealth and power in favour of working people". That Option No Longer Exists reveals a hidden history - how Benn and the left tried to reform British industry, to introduce democracy in the workplace and ... Read more
It is time to look afresh at the 1970s. It was not a grey decade of decline, defeat and power blackouts. Bursting with cultural experimentation, sexual liberation and industrial militancy, the 1970s saw the ruling elites of Britain challenged at every level, most especially by a Labour left led by Tony Benn which aimed to effect a "fundamental and irreversible shift in the balance of wealth and power in favour of working people". That Option No Longer Exists reveals a hidden history - how Benn and the left tried to reform British industry, to introduce democracy in the workplace and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782796008
SKU
V9781782796008
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About John Medhurst
John Medhurst is a Trade Union Policy Officer. He has written for the Morning Star, Red Pepper, and the Journal of Contemporary European Research. He occasionally blogs for the Institute of Employment Rights. He lives in Hove, UK.
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