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The autobiography of a nation

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First full-length study on the 1951 Festival of Britain. An examination of how Britain and Britishness were portrayed in the 1951’s Festival’s exhibitions and events. Covers the Festival’s history ...
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  • 27 March 2003
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The first full-length study on the 1951 Festival of Britain. An examination of how Britain and Britishness were portrayed in the 1951’s Festival’s exhibitions and events. Covers the Festival’s history and historiography, its purpose, its representations of the future and the past, the role of London and the ‘local’, the British Empire and finally its legacy.
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Price: $29.95
Pages: 272
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture
Publication Date: 27 March 2003
ISBN: 9780719060601
Format: Paperback
BISACs: European history, Social and cultural history
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Becky E. Conekin is a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the London College of Fashion, The London Institute

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Section 1: Introducing the Festival
1. The Background: history and historiography
2. The Festival’s People and Purposes
Section 2: Time
3. The Festival’s representations of the future
4. The Festival’s representations of the past
Section 3: Place
5. London-based representations of the metropole and the ‘regions’
6. The role of ‘the local’ in the Festival
7. The place that was almost absent: the British Empire
8. The place of escape and edification: the Battersea Pleasure Gardens
Section 4: Conclusion
9. Conclusion: The Festival and its legacy
Select Bibliography
Appendices
Index