Description: On 5 June 1975, voters went to the polls in Britain's first national referendum to decide whether the UK should remain in the European Community. As in 2016, the campaign shattered old political allegiances and triggered a far-reaching debate on Britain's place in the world. The campaign to stay in stretched from the Conservative Party - under its new leader, Margaret Thatcher - to the Labour government, the farming unions and the Confederation of British Industry. Those fighting to 'Get Britain Out' ranged from Enoch Powell and Tony Benn to Scottish and Welsh nationalists. Footballers, actors and celebrities joined the campaign trail, as did clergymen, students, women's groups and paramilitaries. In a panoramic survey of 1970s Britain, this volume offers the first modern history of the referendum, asking why voters said 'Yes to Europe' and why the result did not, as some hoped, bring the European debate in Britain to a close.
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EAN: 9781108442244
UPC: 9781108442244
ISBN: 9781108442244
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Book Title: Yes to Europe!: The 1975 Referendum and Seventies
Item Length: 24.4 cm
Number of Pages: 522 Pages
Publication Name: Yes to Europe!: the 1975 Referendum and Seventies Britain
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 228 mm
Subject: Archaeology, History
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 850 g
Subject Area: Country
Author: Robert Saunders
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
