{"product_id":"9781350585669","title":"Goodbye Labour Britain 1979-1997","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGoodbye Labour Britain\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003e1979-1997\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAnthony Broxton\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Europe \/ Great Britain \/ 20th Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThirty years on from New Labour's historic 1997 general election victory, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoodbye Labour Britain \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003etells the story of the profound social, cultural and economic change which shook Labour to its core in the 80s and 90s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the working men's clubs closed and the shopping malls opened in the wake of the Thatcher years, many came to believe there was no future in representing the old industrial working class. Drawing on high politics and low culture, this book examines what really happened to the Old Labour world as working class culture changed and the party had to change with it. It recounts the politics of the age via the chat shows, the tabloids, the sitcoms and the soaps which shaped the way that people understood the world that was changing around them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnthony Broxton looks at the places which once made up Labour Britain but fell away as industries closed. He uses local newspapers to tell these stories and shows how Labour politics was resisting, responding and changing as a result of societal change. At the same time, he examines wider cultural forces, from home ownership and privatisation to the rise of supermarkets, Sky Sports and breakfast TV, to show how new jobs, assumptions and ways of thinking emerged to create a new type of Britain, one that New Labour was responding to in the 1990s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoodbye Labour Britain\u003c\/i\u003e brings the whole story back to life as a social history which still shapes the world we live in today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAnthony Broxton\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and historian best known for his work on the UK Labour Party. As the editor of the Tides of History project, he has developed a supporter base of over 50,000 followers where he has analysed the party's history on a daily basis for almost a decade on various platforms. He has written regularly for national publications such as \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnherd\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe I\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Critic\u003c\/i\u003e on the Labour Party and British culture in the 1980s and 1990s. He has appeared regularly on television and radio as a political commentator via \u003ci\u003eBBC Five Live\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTimes Radio \u003c\/i\u003eas well as political podcasts such as \u003ci\u003eThe Bunker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOh God What Now?\u003c\/i\u003e His first book, \u003ci\u003eHope and Glory \u003c\/i\u003e(2023), was a \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003ebook of the year and was long listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year prize.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 April 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350585669\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e320\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51197780459660,"sku":"9781350585669","price":24.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350585669","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}