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The Winter of Discontent
2014
Overview
On the eve of January 1, 1970 British journalists waved a ‘haggard goodbye’ to the 1960s. For those steeped in the energy of blossoming social movements, the decade was one of unprecedented shows of solidarity amongst British youth, and the next decade was the one where they had the chance to ‘make the world a better place.’¹ Yet, by the time the 1970s came to a close, little was left of this enthusiasm and hope. On December 7, 1979 punk band the Clash released a startling epitaph for the decade in their song ‘London Calling’:
All that phoney Beatlemania has
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
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ISBN
1781380295, 9781781380291
