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“The Age of the Beatles”: parliament and popular music in 1960s Britain

This article examines how the unprecedented popularity and symbolic power of the Beatles forced politicians in Britain to attend to popular music in the 1960s. It argues that parliamentarians were ill-equipped to comprehend not only the Beatles but also the new social forces with which they were ass...

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Main Author: Marcus Collins
Format: Default Article
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/12155
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