We danced all night : a social history of Britain between the wars

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.