From William Morris to Sergeant Pepper: Studies in the Radical Domestic - Tapa blanda

Stansky (history, Stanford University) puts forward a particular view of Britain and its past and the way it copes with change. His approach is frequently biographical, with essays on the relationship between biography and history, critics of Britain, the novelist and socialist William Morris, the Bloomsbury Group, George Orwell, and the position of Jews in modern Britain. A conclusion sums up overall themes and discusses the historical significance of the Beatles' great recording, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band . Distributed by the U. of Washington Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

For almost 50 years, Peter Stansky has devoted himself to studying the English world, and this volume brings together into an outstanding collection his selected essays and reviews -- some not previously published -- on English society and culture from the late 19th century through the 1960s. There are six parts to the book: Biography as History; William Morris; Bloomsbury; The 1930s and After; George Orwell; The Other. The Jew; and Sergeant Pepper. Throughout, Stansky discusses the tension between the forces of change and the forces of tradition, focusing especially on the nature of change and the interplay between radicalism and domesticity.