Now That's What I Call a History of the 1980s by Lucy Robinson

Now That's What I Call a History of the 1980s by Lucy Robinson

Now that's what I call a history of the 1980s is a political and cultural History of Britain in the long 1980s in ten objects or moments. Neither a top down history, nor nostalgic celebration, it reframes the decade around local, national, and global politics of gender, race, age and sexuality. -- .

'Lucy Robinson shows us how history helps us to understand culture and how culture helps us to understand historyBy understanding history and culture you will start to think and change your life. If you change your life, you change the world.'
Vivienne Westwood

'THE CHAPTER ON MY SUCCESS WAS FABULOUS, FULL MARKS TO THE PROFESSOR (WHOEVER SHE IS). PITY THE REST OF THE BOOK WASN’T ALL ABOUT ME CUS I WOULDN'T HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP READING IT THEN.'
Roland Rat

'The eighties was a pop culture minefield that only a nimble guide can guide you through. Now that's what I call a history of the 1980s does this with a keen cultural eye and captivating turn of phrase as it unpacks the decade and redefines its times of tension and release with attendant soundtrack.'
John Robb, author of The art of darkness: A history of goth

'Forget the Filofaxes of the City boys: most of us made our connections, as Robinson puts it, on the dance floor, and some of us are still dancing. Now that’s what I call a decade to remember.'
Suzanne Moore, The Telegraph

'Robinson brings pop – and popular culture – back centre stage, not so much connecting dots but offering a thematic matrix that reflects such a complex and important era in modern British history.;
Russ Bestley, Punk & Post-Punk

'At once entertaining and diffuse, her book discloses both the strengths and weaknesses of postmodernist history. Summing Up: Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty.
D. L. LeMahieu, CHOICE (May 2024)

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Lucy Robinson is Professor of Collaborative History at the University of Sussex

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ISBN 13	9781526167255
ISBN 10	1526167255
Title	Now That's What I Call a History of the 1980s
Author	Lucy Robinson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Manchester University Press
Year published	2023-07-11
Number of pages	376
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