London Calling: A Countercultural History of London since 1945

London Calling: A Countercultural History of London since 1945
ISBN-10
1848875541
ISBN-13
9781848875548
Series
London Calling
Category
Social Science
Pages
300
Language
English
Published
2010-03-01
Publisher
Atlantic Books Ltd
Author
Barry Miles

Description

London has long been a magnet for aspiring artists and writers, musicians and fashion designers seeking inspiration and success. In London Calling, Barry Miles explores the counter-culture - creative, avant garde, permissive, anarchic - that sprang up in this great city in the decades following the Second World War. Here are the heady post-war days when suddenly everything seemed possible, the jazz bars and clubs of the fifties, the teddy boys and the Angry Young Men, Francis Bacon and the legendary Colony Club, the 1960s and the Summer of Love, the rise of punk and the early days of the YBAs. The vitality and excitement of this time and years of change - and the sheer creative energy in the throbbing heart of London - leap off the pages of this evocative and original book.

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