{"product_id":"9781844139231","title":"We Danced All Night : A Social History of Britain Between the Wars by Martin Pugh","description":"Bounded by the Great War on one side and by the looming shadow of the Second World War on the other, the inter-war period has characteristically been portrayed as a time of great and unrelenting depression. In Martin Pugh's lively and thought-provoking book, however, the acclaimed historian vividly shows how the British people reacted to the privations of wartime by indulging in leisure and entertainment activities of all kinds - from dancing and cinema going to smoking, football pools and paid holidays. He explodes the myths of a nation of unwed women, revealing that in the 1930s the institution of marriage was reaching its heyday, and points to a rise in real incomes, improvements in diet and health and the spread of cheap luxuries. The result is an extraordinary, engaging work of history that presents us with a fresh perspective and brings out both the strangeness and the familiarity of this point in time.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Backstory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56313044861301,"sku":"9781844139231","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781844139231.jpg?v=1762825121","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781844139231","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}