{"product_id":"now-thats-what-i-call-a-history-of-the-1980s-pop-culture-and-politics-in-the-decade-that-shaped-modern-britain-paperback","title":"Now That's What I Call a History of the 1980s: Pop Culture and Politics in the Decade That Shaped Modern Britain - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLucy Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow that's what I call a history of the 1980s tells the story of eighties Britain through its popular culture. Charting era-defining moments from Lady Diana's legs and the miners' strike to Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage and Adam and the Ants, Lucy Robinson weaves together an alternative history to the one we think we know. This is not a history of big geopolitical disasters, or a nostalgic romp through discos, shoulder pads and yuppie culture. Instead, the book explores a mashing together of different genres and fan bases in order to make sense of our recent past and give new insights into the decade that defined both globalisation and excess. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePacked with archival and cultural research but written with verve and spark, the book offers as much to general readers as to scholars of this period, presenting a distinctive and definitive contemporary history of 1980s Britain, from pop to politics, to cold war cultures, censorship and sexuality.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Lucy Robinson shows us how history helps us to understand culture and how culture helps us to understand history. By understanding history and culture you will start to think and change your life. If you change your life, you change the world.'\u003cbr\u003e Vivienne Westwood \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'The eighties was a pop culture minefield that only a nimble narrator can guide you through. Now that's what I call a history of the 1980s does this with a keen cultural eye and captivating turn of phrase.'\u003cbr\u003e John Robb, author of The art of darkness: A history of goth \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'The chapter on my success was fabulous. Full marks to the professor.'\u003cbr\u003e Roland Rat \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow that's what I call a history of the 1980s tells the story of eighties Britain through its popular culture. Charting era-defining moments from Lady Diana's legs and the miners' strike to Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage and Adam and the Ants, Lucy Robinson weaves together an alternative history to the one we think we know. This is not a history of big geopolitical disasters, or a nostalgic romp through discos, shoulder pads and yuppie culture. Instead, the book explores a mashing together of different genres and fan bases in order to make sense of our recent past and give new insights into the decade that defined both globalisation and excess. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePacked with archival and cultural research but written with verve and spark, the book offers as much to general readers as to scholars of this period, presenting a distinctive and definitive contemporary history of 1980s Britain, from pop to politics, to cold war cultures, censorship and sexuality.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucy Robinson is Professor of Collaborative History at the University of Sussex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 11, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42155799576711,"sku":"9781526167255","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/31210ee2226a1d14f65cc190a75fd351.webp?v=1733238818","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/now-thats-what-i-call-a-history-of-the-1980s-pop-culture-and-politics-in-the-decade-that-shaped-modern-britain-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}