| Display title | New English Library |
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This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | The New English Library was a publishing house in Great Britain which was most active in the late 1960s and 1970s. It was in touch with the zeitgeist of the period, which consisted of heartfelt angst about Britain's perceived post-war, post-Suez slide down the world rankings, both as industrial power and as a Great Power. As the Empire faded and more and more former colonies acheived independence, Britain's inability to re-invent itself as a post-imperial nation that was at ease with itself began to show in a myriad of social and economic problems. The optimism of the 1960s began to be replaced with a deep malaise and pessimism about the future, which right-wing and authoritarian elements put down to the pernicious permissiveness and licentiousness of the 1960's, combined with perceived over-powerful and greedy trade unions "holding the nation to ransom". This perception of a country in deep social mire was gleefully fanned by right-wing papers such as the Daily Mail and Daily Express, who battened on issues such as teen gangs of the Skinheads variety and on the growing issue of football hooliganism as evidence of the country going to Hell in a handcart. |