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The Long Week-End: A Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939 - Hardcover

Graves, Robert

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Synopsis

First published in 1940, this survey of the inter-war period not only includes surface aspects of the era - from plays and novels to dance fads and fashions - but also discusses the international influences at work in politics, science, business and religion. Short hair and shorter skirts arrived during the 1920s; "New Education" became a going concern; the British Labour Party became respectable at last; and, as the 1930s wore on, public acknowledgement of the possibility of another world war was feverishly avoided in an ever-increasing whirl of activities.

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Across this crowded canvas of British life stride the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Simpson, Neville Chamberlain, and dozens of other figures great and small who put their stamp on the era.

About the Author

Robert von Ranke Graves (b. 1895 – d. 1985) was an English poet, scholar, translator, and novelist.

Alan Hodge was an editor, historian and journalist.

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