Keep Britain Tidy by Hester Vaizey
This collection of public information posters from the period 1945–75 is published in conjunction with the National Archives, where the original posters are located. The posters provide a fascinating insight into the policies and priorities of successive postwar governments, covering everything from the jobs people did, the food they ate, the amount of alcohol they drank and cigarettes they smoked to the wearing of motorcycle helmets and seat belts, road safety for children and ‘Keep Britain Tidy’ campaigns. It includes almost fifty posters, over forty of them with perforations so they can be removed from the book and displayed.
'Clever, colourful, creative … entertaining … a fascinating piece of social history and a chronicle of changing graphic styles' - Saga
'Splendid … collected together, they document a vanished age' - The Spectator
'Compelling … a fascinating insight into the attitudes of the time' - Aesthetica
'Brilliant … a fascinating insight into British social history and postwar propaganda' - Absolutely West
'A fascinating glimpse of postwar British culture' - Eye Magazine
'Splendid … collected together, they document a vanished age' - The Spectator
'Compelling … a fascinating insight into the attitudes of the time' - Aesthetica
'Brilliant … a fascinating insight into British social history and postwar propaganda' - Absolutely West
'A fascinating glimpse of postwar British culture' - Eye Magazine
Hester Vaizey is Publishing Co-ordinator at The National Archives, and College Lecturer and Director of Studies (History), Clare College, Cambridge. She is also the author of Surviving Hitler’s War: Family Life in Germany, 1939–1948.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780500291405 |
| ISBN 10 | 0500291403 |
| Title | Keep Britain Tidy |
| Author | Hester Vaizey |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-04-07 |
| Number of pages | 94 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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