'A masterful work of social history and cultural commentary, told with much wit. It almost makes you feel as if you were there' ROGER LEWIS, Mail on Sunday The 1970s. They were the best of times and the worst of times. Wealth inequality was at a record low, yet industrial strife was at a record high. These were the glory years of Doctor Who and glam rock, but the darkest days of the Northern Ireland conflict. Beset by strikes, inflation, power cuts and the rise of the far right, the cosy Britain of the post-war consensus was unravelling - in spectacularly lurid style. Fusing high politics and low culture, Crisis? What Crisis? presents a world in which Enoch Powell, Ted Heath and Tony Benn jostle for space with David Bowie, Hilda Ogden and Margo Leadbetter, and reveals why a country exhausted by decline eventually turned to Margaret Thatcher for salvation.

About the Author
ALWYN W. TURNER is the author of Rejoice! Rejoice!: Britain in the 1980s, A Classless Society: Britain in the 1990s and the ebook Things Can Only Get Bitter: The Lost Generation of 1992, all published by Aurum. An acclaimed writer on post-war British culture, his other books include The Biba Experience, Halfway to Paradise, My Generation and Terry Nation: The Man Who Invented the Daleks.

Reviews
'Turner's narrative is quite compelling... This is about as far away from sober, stuffy history as you can get and deserves a wide readership' Publishing News 'Turner combines a fan's sense of populism (weaving in references to a rapidly expanding popular culture) with a keen grasp of the political landscape, which gives his survey of an often overlooked decade its cutting edge' Metro 'An ambitious, entertaining alternative history of the 1970s which judges the decade not just by its political turbulence but by the leg-up it gave popular culture' Time Out 'Turner has certainly hit upon a rich and fascinating subject, and his intertwining of political and cultural history is brilliantly done... This is a masterful work of social history and cultural commentary, told with much wit. It almost makes you feel as if you were there' -- Roger Lewis Mail on Sunday 'Vivid, brilliantly researched... Turner may be an anorak, but he is an acutely intelligent anorak' -- Francis Wheen New Statesman 'This well-researched and witty text recounts how the media reflected politics in an era of glamour, bad fashion and inflation... displays wit, colour and detail' -- Brian Groom Financial Times 'An adventurous and enjoyable reassessment of a much-maligned decade' -- Nick Rennison BBC History Magazine 'A real lesson in social history but without the stuffiness... A good fun reminder of the "decade that taste forgot"' Manchester Evening News 'Excellent ... this trilogy is about the most authoritative account of the late 20th century as you are likely to get' Choice Magazine



Book Information
ISBN 9781781310717
Author Alwyn W. Turner
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Aurum
Publisher Quarto Publishing PLC