Preserving the Sixties

Re-examining the long-held belief that the Sixties in Britain were dominated mainly by 'youth' and 'protest', the authors in the collection argue that innovation was everywhere shadowed by conservatism. A decade fascinated by itself and, especially, by the future, it also was tormented by self-doubt and accompanied by a fear of losing the past.

This edited collection makes a valuable contribution to the study of the 1960s in Britain. the fact that the co-editors, along with several contributors, are based at French universities gives Preserving the Sixties a fresh 'outsider' perspective on contemporary British history. And the collection is likely to become an important source for historians and students of 1960s Britain. (Christoph Laucht, Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 52 (2), April, 2017)

Autorentext
Alexis Chommeloux, University of Tours, France Raphael Costambeys-Kempczynski, Sorbonne Nouvelle, France Mark Donnelly, St Mary's University College, London, UK Matthew Leggett, University of Burgundy, France R. J. Morris, University of Edinburgh, UK Martine Pelletier, University of Tours, France Sylvie Pomiès-Maréchal, independent scholar, France Judith Roof, Rice University, Texas, USA Jeremy Tranmer, University of Nancy, France Peter Vernon, retired scholar, UK Ben Winsworth, University of Orleans, France

Inhalt
Foreword; Dominic Sandbrook Introduction; Trevor Harris and Monia O'Brien Castro 1. Sixties Britain: the Cultural Politics of Historiography; Mark Donnelly PART I: POLITICS 2. The 1960s: Days of Innocence; R. J. Morris 3. The Abortion Act 1967: a Fundamental Change?; Sylvie Pomiès-Maréchal and Matthew Leggett 4. Industrial Relations in the 1960s: the End of Voluntarism?; Alexis Chommeloux 5. The Radical Left and Popular Music in the 1960s; Jeremy Tranmer PART II: CULTURE 6. Civil Rights in Northern Ireland and Friel's Freedom of the City; Martine Pelletier 7. Pulp Diction: Stereotypes in 1960s British Literature; Peter Vernon 8. Sketchy Counterculture; Judith Roof 9. Psychic Liberation in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band; Ben Winsworth 10. Preservation Society; Raphael Costambeys-Kempczynski Conclusion; Trevor Harris and Monia O'Brien Castro