A rollicking ride through the jazz-fuelled, scooter-riding years of the quintessential British culture - and what it continues to mean for us today.
Richard Weight is the author of Patriots- National Identity in Britain 1940-2000 and co-authored Modern British History- The Essential A-Z Guide. He studied history at Trinity College, Cambridge, and went on to do a PhD at University College, London. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Boston and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Richard also makes documentaries for radio and television on many aspects of British life.
This [is a] highly entertaining and discursive mixture of social
history and cultural theory… As an analysis of Britain’s youth
tribes of the past 50 years…Mod: A Very British Style is
definitive
*Daily Telegraph*
Richard Weight’s splendid new book… The writing is witty…the
judgments are pinpoint accurate… The research is formidable in its
scope and detail
*New Statesman*
MOD is an important book because it shows how a style so often
dismissed as trivial is in fact an important determinant of
Britishness... This is a great book because it has the courage to
celebrate what is wonderfully modern
*Sunday Telegraph*
Well-written throughout, crackles with reflection on fashion, music
and film
*Observer*
A serious and worthwhile insight into a fascinating aspect of youth
identity
*The Times*
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