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Author_Alwyn Turner
Britain in the 1930s
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Product details
- ISBN 9781805221876
- Weight: 601g
- Dimensions: 156 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 22 Jan 2026
- Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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'Britain in the 1920s and 1930s pops to life in this often very witty chronicle of that jittery time' The Times
'Alwyn Turner is the master of funny, engaging social history' Sunday Times
After the calamity of the Great War, there was a desire in Britain for escapist fun - the lights of the Jazz Age, radio comedies and the pictures were a welcome respite from the grim reality of the Great Depression. Yet the storm clouds were gathering, and Britain between the wars was a turbulent, restless place - and where the foundations of the modern nation were laid.
Combining cultural, social and political history, A Shellshocked Nation is the next instalment in Alwyn Turner's highly original history of the twentieth century, sketching a portrait of the interwar nation through its entertainments and scandals, its people and political crises. From the General Strike to the BBC, Irish Home Rule and the rise of fascism, this is the definitive story of Britain's most anxious era.
Alwyn Turner is a historian and writer who teaches at the University of Chichester. He is best known for his histories of twentieth-century Britain; All in it Together was a Sunday Times Book of the Year, and his last book, Little Englanders, was a Times History Book of the Year.
