The Autobiography of a Nation : The 1951 Festival of Britain
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- Paperback | 272 pages
- 170 x 240 x 15.24mm | 476.27g
- 01 Jun 2003
- Manchester University Press
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- English
- Illustrations, black & white
- 0719060605
- 9780719060601
- 1,084,548
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Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Section 1: Introducing the Festival
1. The Background: history and historiography
2. The Festival's People and Purposes
Section 2: Time
3. The Festival's representations of the future
4. The Festival's representations of the past
Section 3: Place
5. London-based representations of the metropole and the 'regions'
6. The role of 'the local' in the Festival
7. The place that was almost absent: the British Empire
8. The place of escape and edification: the Battersea Pleasure Gardens
Section 4: Conclusion
9. Conclusion: The Festival and its legacy
Select Bibiliography
Appendices
Index -- .
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Review quote
"This book makes a significant contribution to the design and social history of postwar Britain." -- Simon Gunn, University of Leeds
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About Becky E. Conekin
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