Isbn: 9780750914635 - reading - the 1950s (5 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Reading: The 1950s This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 128 pages. In Reading: The 1950s Stuart Hylton gives a fascinating account of the town a nd its people during a decade of rapid and memorable change.The book recalls how television and labour-saving appliances revolutionised the home, and how th e motor car began to dominate travel and to alter the character of the town. It shows too how launderettes, multistory carparks and other innovations were regar ded with suspicion or as miracles of modern technology.But the author also r ecords aspects of Reading that stayed much the same - the courage and humour of the townspeople in sometimes trying circumstances, the ingenuity and the incompe tence of the criminal classes, the absurdities of officialdom, and the sheer div ersity of local life as it emerges from reports in the press.His story captu res the spirit of the population during an era of bewildering development and ch ange, and his book reminds us that the values and attitudes of 1950s Reading bel ong to a world that is vastly different to our own.…