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Afterlife: The Historical Pop Music Film

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If the ‘long sixties’ were the decade when the British had discovered the consumer society, the 1970s were when they discovered it had to be paid for. It would prove a fragmented, fractious decade, a time of ignominious economic decline. Following a 70 per cent hike in the price of oil, a country that had once ruled an empire faced the reality that it was a small link in a vast economic chain. People’s expectations had run ahead of their incomes, credit cards were becoming a way of life, and as inflation spiralled out of control, mass strikes led to a three-day week.

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Glynn, S. (2013). Afterlife: The Historical Pop Music Film. In: The British Pop Music Film. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230392236_5

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