About Britain: A Journey of Seventy Years and 1,345 Miles

by Tim Cole

Book Overview

In 1951, the Festival of Britain commissioned a series of short guides they dubbed 'handbooks for the explorer'. Their aim was to encourage readers to venture out beyond the capital and on to 'the roads and the by-roads' to see Britain as a 'living country'. Yet these thirteen guides did more than celebrate the rural splendour of this 'island nation': they also made much of Britain's industrial power and mid-century ambition - her thirst for new technologies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472937287
• ISBN13: 9781472937285
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 7.7"