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| Full Title | Dressing for Austerity Aspiration, Leisure and Fashion in Post-war Britain 1st Edition |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Geraldine Biddle-Perry |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| ISBN | 9781786731975, 9781780766287 |
| Publisher | I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd |
| Format | PDF and EPUB |
A new look for Austerity…The coldest winter on record, rationing, successive economic crises, bombed out towns and cities; with some justification ‘Austerity Britain’ in the late 1940s is coloured in the popular imagination in tones of drab. Dressing for Austerity shines a light on alternative visions of post-war optimism and aspiration. It traces how, set against the Labour government’s philosophy of ‘Austerity by design’ in a climate of post-war idealism, the desire for affordable fashionable clothing, access to leisure, and the health, time and money to enjoy them became totemic symbols of post-war ambition that impelled new strategies of state control and consumer agency. The book examines the immediate post-war period – its politics, its fashions and its people – in new ways and on its own terms as a critical tipping point in the making of modern Britain.
Original price was: $144.00.$24.99Current price is: $24.99.
Access Dressing for Austerity Aspiration, Leisure and Fashion in Post-war Britain 1st Edition Now. Discount up to 90%
| Full Title | Dressing for Austerity Aspiration, Leisure and Fashion in Post-war Britain 1st Edition |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Geraldine Biddle-Perry |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| ISBN | 9781786721976, 9781780766287 |
| Publisher | I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd |
| Format | PDF and EPUB |
A new look for Austerity…The coldest winter on record, rationing, successive economic crises, bombed out towns and cities; with some justification ‘Austerity Britain’ in the late 1940s is coloured in the popular imagination in tones of drab. Dressing for Austerity shines a light on alternative visions of post-war optimism and aspiration. It traces how, set against the Labour government’s philosophy of ‘Austerity by design’ in a climate of post-war idealism, the desire for affordable fashionable clothing, access to leisure, and the health, time and money to enjoy them became totemic symbols of post-war ambition that impelled new strategies of state control and consumer agency. The book examines the immediate post-war period – its politics, its fashions and its people – in new ways and on its own terms as a critical tipping point in the making of modern Britain.
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