How The Beatles Rocked The World
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How The Beatles Rocked The World

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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How The Beatles Rocked The World

About this book

When the Beatles burst onto the pop scene in 1962, they not only took the music world by storm but they also brought with them a counter culture that was to have far-reaching effects. With their long hair, humour and irreverent attitude towards authority, they were a breath of fresh air to a generation who had grown weary of the greyness of the post-war years. Beatlemania was to unleash a revolution against an outdated age. The 1950s with its oppressive and authoritarian attitudes was ready for change and young people, desperate to escape suburbia with its stifling formality, were set to lead that rebellion. In politics, fashion, education, the arts, religion, television, women's rights and universities, the time had come to challenge the old order. And in came the swinging sixties with its more liberal attitudes offering hope of change and a more peaceful and just world. The introduction of the contraceptive pill, legalized abortion, gay rights, easier divorce and the relaxing of censorship were all part of this social revolution. And it wasn't just in Britain. The influence of the Beatles reverberated across Europe and, most of all, in America where teenagers not only campaigned against a war in Vietnam but also for civil rights in their own country. This book tells the story of the Sixties and how the Beatles' influence had such an impact on British society. It's a social history of Britain told by Stephen Kelly who regularly watched the Beatles at the Cavern and experienced first hand the changes that were to take place.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Book Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Chapter 1 Where The Sixties Began
  7. Chapter 2 A New Decade, A New Era
  8. Chapter 3 The Mersey Sound
  9. Chapter 4 A Cultural Revolution
  10. Chapter 5 ‘What the hell is going on in this country?’
  11. Chapter 6 Jobs for All
  12. Chapter 7 We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
  13. Chapter 8 Top of the Form
  14. Chapter 9 Youth On The March
  15. Chapter 10 ‘I Get High With A Little Help From My Friends.’
  16. Plates
  17. Chapter 11 ‘Ho. Ho, Ho Chi Minh!’
  18. Chapter 12 With God on Our Side
  19. Chapter 13 Social Changes
  20. Chapter 14 The Ticking Time Bomb
  21. Chapter 15 Beatniks and Biba
  22. Chapter 16 A Shared Culture
  23. Chapter 17 ‘We played it because we loved it’
  24. Chapter 18 The Fifth Beatle
  25. Chapter 19 The Beatles are Coming!
  26. Chapter 20 Conclusion
  27. Bibliography
  28. Index
  29. Back cover