ISBN:
9780804777834
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (389 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.48/241073
Keywords:
Social movements History 20th century
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Popular culture History 20th century
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Popular culture -- History -- 20th century
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Social movements -- History -- 20th century
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Great Britain -- Civilization -- American influences
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Great Britain -- Civilization -- 1945-
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Great Britain -- Relations -- United States
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United States -- Relations -- Great Britain
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Great Britain ; Civilization ; 1945-
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Great Britain ; Civilization ; American influences
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Great Britain ; Relations ; United States
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Popular culture ; History ; 20th century
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Social movements ; History ; 20th century
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United States ; Relations ; Great Britain
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Electronic books
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Great Britain Relations
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United States Relations
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Great Britain Civilization
;
American influences
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Great Britain Civilization 1945-
Abstract:
A study of Anglo-American cultural and countercultural exchange from the mid Fifties to the mid-Seventies, Special Relations explores aspects of London modernism, the anti-war movement, student rebellion, black power, the second-wave feminist and gay liberation movements, and transatlantic nostalgia.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface: Trafalgar Square, 19/20 July 1969 -- Introduction -- Part I . Mayfair Modern -- 1. London, USA? -- 2. The Embassy and the Crowd -- 3. US/Us: The Left's Special Relationship -- Part II. The Counterculture -- 4. From the Albert Hall to a British Counterculture -- 5. California Dreamin' -- 6. Venues of Liberation -- Part III. Freedom -- 7. Anglo-American Black Liberation -- 8. Riding the Second Wave: The American Face of Women's Liberation in Britain -- 9. Coming Out and Coming Together: Anglo-American Gay Liberation -- Part IV. Postmodern, Antimodern -- 10. Dystopias -- 11. British "Heritage" and the Transatlantic Marketplace -- 12. Mecklenburgh Square -- Postscript: To the Bicentennial/Jubilee -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Index.
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