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Author:

Metzger, Rainer.

Title:

London in the sixties / Rainer Metzger ; picture edited by Christian Brandstätter.

Publisher:

Thames & Hudson,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

368 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cm

Subject:

Nineteen sixties--Pictorial works.
London (England)--Social life and customs--20th century--Pictorial works.
London (England)--Pictorial works.
London.
Manners and customs.
Nineteen sixties.
England--London.
Kultur
Kunst
London
Nineteen sixties.
London (England)--Social life and customs--20th century.
1900-1999
Pictorial works.

Other Authors:

Wilson, David Henry, 1937-
Christian Brandstätter Verlag.

Other Titles:

Swinging London. English

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The beginning of the end of style. Special offers: 1956-63 -- Today and tomorrow: pop art, kitchen sink, new wave -- Absolute beginners: between conformity and rebellion -- Sophistication for all: 1964-66 -- A topography of swinging London -- Body forms: modes and media -- Style and fiction: spies, slapstick and seekers of utopia -- Software: 1966-70 -- Standstill: when the swinging stopped -- Escape movements: looking back, going underground -- The beginning of the end of style.

Summary:

This illustrated book paints a multifaceted portrait of sixites London and explores the reasons why it became the epicentre of a cultural boom that resounded around the world and whose echoes can still be heard today.

ISBN:

0500515638
9780500515631

OCLC:

(OCoLC)774934868

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)