The Great British Dream Factory

byDominic Sandbrook

The Strange History of Our National Imagination

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Britain's empire has gone. Our manufacturing base is a shadow of its former self; the Royal Navy has been reduced to a skeleton. In military, diplomatic and economic terms, we no longer matter as we once did. And yet there is still one area in which we can legitimately claim superpower status: our popular culture.

This is a book about the success and the meaning of Britain's modern popular culture, from Bond and the Beatles to heavy metal and Coronation Street, from the Angry Young Men to Harry Potter, from Damien Hirst to The X Factor.
Delightfully good ... an exuberant and learned celebration of British culture
Nick Cohen, Observer

About Dominic Sandbrook

Dominic Sandbrook is nearing completion of his great multi-volume history of postwar Britain from the mid 1950s to the late 1980s, which began with Never Had It So Good. He has written and presented a number of highly successful BBC television series, on subjects as diverse as the joys of the Volkswagen and the history of science fiction. He writes reviews and articles principally for the Daily Mail and Sunday Times.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9780141979304
  • Length: 688 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 28mm x 131mm
  • Weight: 471g
  • Price: £16.99
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