Reconstruction, Affluence and Labour Politics: Coventry, 1945-1960

by Nick Tiratsoo

Book Overview

First published in 1990. Of all British cities, it is perhaps Coventry which has come to symbolise best the country's experience of World War II and the post-war period. An important engineering centre, Coventry immediately found itself geared up to produce armaments, a specialisation which inevitably brought considerable attention from the German Air Force, which in 1940 and 1941 destroyed much of the city centre. In the 1950s the city emerged...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138326380
• ISBN13: 9781138326385
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"