Bounded by the Great War on one side and by the looming shadow of the Second World War on the other, the inter-war period has characteristically been portrayed as a time of great and unrelenting depression. In Martin Pugh's lively and thought-provoking book, however, the acclaimed historian vividly shows how the British people reacted to the privations of wartime by indulging in leisure and entertainment activities of all kinds - from dancing and cinema going to smoking, football pools and paid holidays.
He explodes the myths of a nation of unwed women, revealing that in the 1930s the institution of marriage was reaching its heyday, and points to a rise in real incomes, improvements in diet and health and the spread of cheap luxuries. The result is an extraordinary, engaging work of history that presents us with a fresh perspective and brings out both the strangeness and the familiarity of this point in time.
| ISBN: | 9781844139231 |
| Publication date: | 2nd July 2009 |
| Author: | Martin Pugh |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 495 pages |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history European history |
Bounded by the Great War on one side and by the looming shadow of the Second World War on the other, the inter-war period has characteristically been portrayed as a time of great and unrelenting depression. In Martin Pugh's lively and thought-provoking book, however, the acclaimed historian vividly shows how the British people reacted to the privations of wartime by indulging in leisure and entertainment activities of all kinds - from dancing and cinema going to smoking, football pools and paid holidays.
'We Danced All Night' features in the following genres: Social and cultural history, European history
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'We Danced All Night' was written by Martin Pugh and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
'We Danced All Night' has 495 pages