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Preserving the Sixties

Britain and the 'Decade of Protest'

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  1. Trevor Harris

    1. University of Tours, France

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  2. Monia O’Brien Castro

    1. University of Tours, France

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Trevor Harris, Monia O’Brien Castro
      Pages 1-9

  3. Sixties Britain The cultural politics of historiography

    1. Sixties Britain

      • Mark Donnelly
      Pages 10-30

  4. Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. The 1960s

      • R. J. Morris
      Pages 33-50

    3. The Abortion Act 1967

      • Sylvie Pomiès-Maréchal, Matthew Leggett
      Pages 51-72

    4. Industrial relations in the 1960s

      • Alexis Chommeloux
      Pages 73-89

    5. The radical left and popular music in the 1960s

      • Jeremy Tranmer
      Pages 90-104

  5. Culture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. Civil Rights in Northern Ireland and Friel’s The Freedom of the City

      • Martine Pelletier
      Pages 107-127

    3. Pulp diction

      • Peter Vernon
      Pages 128-143

    4. Sketchy counter-culture

      • Judith Roof
      Pages 144-159

    5. Psychic liberation in Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

      • Ben Winsworth
      Pages 160-172

    6. Preservation Society

      • Raphael Costambeys-Kempczynski
      Pages 173-191

  6. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion

      • Trevor Harris, Monia O’Brien Castro
      Pages 192-194

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 195-197
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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.

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“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)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Tours, France

    Trevor Harris, Monia O’Brien Castro

About the editors

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

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