{"product_id":"the-beatles-and-sixties-britain-9781108708463","title":"The Beatles and Sixties Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThe Beatles were symbols of modernity in 1960s Britain, inspiring phobia and mania. They developed forms of living, loving, thinking, looking, creating, worshipping, and campaigning that became subjects of intense controversy. Their disruptive presence incited a wholesale re-examination of social, political, and cultural norms. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 383 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 24 March 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven though the Beatles are now regarded as national treasures, this book demonstrates how and why they inspired both phobia and mania in 1960s Britain. They served as symbols of modernity in the early 1960s, functioning as a stress test for British institutions and identities, simultaneously displaying the possibilities and establishing the limits of change. Later in the decade, they developed forms of living, loving, thinking, looking, creating, worshipping, and campaigning that became subjects of intense controversy. The ambivalent attitudes contemporaries displayed towards the Beatles are not captured in hackneyed ideas of the swinging sixties, the permissive society, and the all-conquering Fab Four. Drawing upon a wealth of contemporary sources, The Beatles and Sixties Britain offers a new understanding of the band as existing in creative tension with postwar British society: their disruptive presence inciting a wholesale re-examination of social, political, and cultural norms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven though the Beatles are now regarded as national treasures, this book demonstrates how and why they inspired both phobia and mania in 1960s Britain. They served as symbols of modernity in the early 1960s, functioning as a stress test for British institutions and identities, simultaneously displaying the possibilities and establishing the limits of change. Later in the decade, they developed forms of living, loving, thinking, looking, creating, worshipping, and campaigning that became subjects of intense controversy. The ambivalent attitudes contemporaries displayed towards the Beatles are not captured in hackneyed ideas of the swinging sixties, the permissive society, and the all-conquering Fab Four. Drawing upon a wealth of contemporary sources, The Beatles and Sixties Britain offers a new understanding of the band as existing in creative tension with postwar British society: their disruptive presence inciting a wholesale re-examination of social, political, and cultural norms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 666g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 169 x 243 x 27 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781108708463\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEdition number\u003c\/strong\u003e: New ed\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MarcusCollins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44094978392314,"sku":"9781108708463","price":37.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1649412723300_book.jpg?v=1649436609","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-beatles-and-sixties-britain-9781108708463","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}