The expression 'You've never had it so good' was made popular by Harold Macmillan, who was British Prime Minister from 1957 to 1963, who obtained it from a US political slogan. It’s also interesting to see political action so well situated with cultural events (and vice versa).
If this is meant to be a history of Britian, then it's missed half the population, those who weren't wealthy, homeowners or Tory supporters.A heafty read,but worth the effort. Eh?
How did Britain start to imitate and resemble the U.S.? In the event, I found it a much better book, less reliant on tabloid-style newspaper sources and less opinionated (though Sandbrook certainly doesn't hold back and his comments are often acerbically funny). The chapters work thematically, and explore some aspects of previous historical work as well as narrating facts, so although readable and clearly for a popular audience, this is also scholarly in feel.Remarkably comprehensive guide to recent British history, examining the way the 1950's influenced our culture, up to the end of 1963. The average inhabitant of the developing world consumes 38% more calories now than 100 years ago, and the percentage of people threatened with starvation has fallen from 35% to 18%. Looking round for part 2 to read, which I’m now aware is the sequel to this publication.It's very rare for my "main" book to take me a month to read.
This is another slant on the period, much more objective, not at all jaundiced or emphatic, quite balanced. But definitely worth it for the way it deepened my understanding of topics such as Suez and the Profumo affair just enough for my level of interest, in a fairly compact package.
All rights reserved. It’s not that comfortable with a wider vision of history, and tilts into misogyny when talking about Christine Keeler.
"Lomborg" is the dirtiest word in environmental circles at the moment.
Having said this, I prefer Lomborg's absurdly precise estimate to Paul Ehrlich's outrageous 100% extinction by 2010.
Get ready for some of the best...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. His first book, "Never Had It So Good" begins just a few years before I was born so reading this series is like reliving my life. Really enjoyed the first in the series of post war British history from Dominic Sandbrook, covering years 1956-63. The chapter on Profumo was interesting, as he seemed to be trying to deflect the sleaze I was worried that this was going to be an historical justification for Thatcherism, but Mr Sandbrook managed to keep his political opinions mostly at bay. Modernity begins in an age of immigration but greater emigration. My greatest concern, however, is with Lomborg's tone.
It's a well-chosen period and the author brings it alive on every densely-written and informative page, seemingly covering in extensive yet entertaining detail all of the things that were going on in our country.
It escapes the fixation of many history books with politics (I had to wait a long time for an account of the Profumo Affair) although gives creditable coverage.
These are just scare stories put about by ideologues and promulgated by the media. He covers the administrations of Anthony Eden and Harold MacMillan.
The reader should be wary in particular of Lomborg's passion for global statistics: overarching averages can obscure a lot of important detail. I have to say that Dominic Sandbrook has shattered that illusion completely. Why is it so different from other European countries? Never Had It So Good: A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles May 1st 2006 I suspect it's because he's less partiI read this after White Heat, the second volume of Sandbrook's history of post-war Britain. How did Britain start to imitate and resemble the U.S.? Looked forward to my next reading session with gusto. We've all heard the main points many times: natural resources are running out; the world's population is too big and growing at an alarming rate; rivers, lakes, oceans and the atmosphere are getting dirtier all the time.
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