Rejoice! Rejoice!: Britain in the 1980s

by Alwyn Turner · 2010

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The 1980s may seem to many of us like yesterday, but they are already two decades ago. Not only have we already become nostalgic for them, but in many ways the decade does seem like a thoroughly foreign country. This book offers and in-depth history of the decade.

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