Description
| Product ID: | 9780750984300 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | 1968: Those Were the Days |
| Authors: | Author: Brian Williams |
| Subjects: | Social and cultural history, Social & cultural history, Popular culture, Popular culture, c 1960 to c 1970 |
| Description: | A compendium of milestone stories and watershed events in popular culture, politics and news at home and abroad from 1968, including: Assassination of Martin Luther King; Bobby Kennedy shot and killed; The Beatles found Apple Records; Manchester United win the European Cup 1968 was the year when humans first glimpsed the far side of the Moon, but also the year the world was shocked by assassination, by the crushing of hope for reform and by wars that showed no sign of ever ending. To the old there seemed too much change, too quickly, with youth in revolt, though against what no one was entirely sure … ‘Hey Jude’, sang the Beatles, with a refrain that lingered long into the summer night, ‘Don’t make it bad, take a sad song and make it better’... |
| Imprint Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-10-11 |
