Second city : Birmingham and the forging of modern Britain
Vinen, Richard2023
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Place reservation for Second city : Birmingham and the forging of modern BritainRichard Vinen captures the drama of a small village that grew to become the quintessential city of the 20th century: a place of mass production and full employment that began in the 1930s, but which came to a cataclysmic halt in the 1980s. Birmingham has also been a magnet for migration, drawing in people from Wales, Ireland, India, Pakistan and the Caribbean. Indeed, much of British history can be explained, in large measure, with reference to Birmingham. Vinen roots his sweeping story in the experience of individuals. This is a book about figures everyone has heard of, from J. R. R. Tolkien to Duran Duran, and also about those that everyone ought to have heard of!
Main title:
Second city : Birmingham and the forging of modern Britain / Richard Vinen.
Author:
Vinen, Richard, author
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2023.
Collation:
592 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780141993171 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
942.496
Language:
English
BRN:
2376296
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