Nostalgia Spotlight On The Thirties
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded, some chipping around edges. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
The 1930s were a decade of extraordinary contradictions — economic hardship and cultural exuberance, looming war and irrepressible popular entertainment — and Michael Anglo's Nostalgia Spotlight on the Thirties captures this vivid tension with remarkable clarity. The book chronicles the sights, sounds, and sensations of an era defined by penny comics, radio serials, variety halls, and the birth of mass popular culture in Britain, painting a richly detailed portrait of everyday life for ordinary people navigating extraordinary times. Anglo, a recognised authority on popular culture and comics history, presents a warm yet historically grounded account that draws on ephemera, advertisements, and imagery of the period to reconstruct a world now almost entirely lost. His writing balances affectionate nostalgia with genuine cultural insight, making this volume as informative as it is evocative. For anyone who lived through the thirties or simply wishes they had, this is an irresistible window into a decade that shaped the modern world in ways still felt today.
Author: Michael Anglo
Format: Hardback
Published: 1976, Jupiter Books
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded, some chipping around edges. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
The 1930s were a decade of extraordinary contradictions — economic hardship and cultural exuberance, looming war and irrepressible popular entertainment — and Michael Anglo's Nostalgia Spotlight on the Thirties captures this vivid tension with remarkable clarity. The book chronicles the sights, sounds, and sensations of an era defined by penny comics, radio serials, variety halls, and the birth of mass popular culture in Britain, painting a richly detailed portrait of everyday life for ordinary people navigating extraordinary times. Anglo, a recognised authority on popular culture and comics history, presents a warm yet historically grounded account that draws on ephemera, advertisements, and imagery of the period to reconstruct a world now almost entirely lost. His writing balances affectionate nostalgia with genuine cultural insight, making this volume as informative as it is evocative. For anyone who lived through the thirties or simply wishes they had, this is an irresistible window into a decade that shaped the modern world in ways still felt today.