Yes to Europe!: The 1975 Referendum and Seventies Britain

by Robert Saunders and Robert Saunders

Book Overview

On 5 June 1975, voters went to the polls in Britain's first national referendum to decide whether the UK should remain in the European Community. As in 2016, the campaign shattered old political allegiances and triggered a far-reaching debate on Britain's place in the world. The campaign to stay in stretched from the Conservative Party - under its new leader, Margaret Thatcher - to the Labour government, the farming unions and the Confederation of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108425356
• ISBN13: 9781108425353
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 9.2"