It is often assumed that a general consensus existed between the post-war Labour and Conservative governments in matters of economic policy. This book provides
This title was first published in 2003: It is often assumed that a general consensus existed between the post-war Labour and Conservative governments in matters
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Winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, Peter Hennessy's Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties captures Britain in an extraordinary decade, emergi
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