Preserving the Sixties

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.

• Social and Cultural history
• radicalism and conservatism
• post war history
• culture
• liberty
• society

“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)

• University of Tours, France

  Trevor Harris, Monia O’Brien Castro

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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