David Thomas Anthony Kynaston (/ˈkɪnəstən/; born 30 July 1951[1] in Aldershot) is an English historian specialising in the social history of England.[2]
David Kynaston | |
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David Kynaston, Hatchards, London, 2023 | |
| Born | David Thomas Anthony Kynaston 30 July 1951[1] |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Wellington College |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA) London School of Economics (PhD) |
| Thesis | The London Stock Exchange, 1870-1914 : an institutional history (1983) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | English society |
| Institutions | Kingston University |
Early life and education
editKynaston was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and New College, Oxford, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in modern history in 1973,[1] and was awarded a PhD from the London School of Economics on the history of the London Stock Exchange in 1983.[3][4]
Career and research
editKynaston became a visiting professor at Kingston University in 2001.[1]
Tales of a New Jerusalem
editIn 2007 Kynaston published Austerity Britain, 1945–1951 to much acclaim.[5] The title consists of two books that together make the first volume in a projected series of six entitled Tales of a New Jerusalem. In this series Kynaston intends to chronicle the history of Great Britain from the end of World War II to the ascension of Margaret Thatcher in 1979.[6] Austerity Britain was named "Book of the Decade" by The Sunday Times.[7]
Family Britain (2010) is the second volume in the series, and was also released as two books.[8] It covers the period from 1951 to the Suez crisis of 1956.[8] The volume was serialised on BBC Radio 4 as its Book of the Week for 23 November 2009, read by Dominic West.[9]
The third volume, Modernity Britain, covering the years 1957–62, was published as two books in June 2013[10][11] and 2014.
The first book of the fourth volume, A Northern Wind, covering the years 1962–65, was published in September 2023.
Publications
edit- King Labour: British Working Class, 1850–1914, 1976[ISBN missing]
- Bobby Abel: Professional Batsman, 1857–1936, 1982[ISBN missing]
- Archie's Last Stand: M.C.C. in New Zealand 1922–23: Being an Account of Mr. A. C. MacLaren's tour and His Last Stand, 1984
- The Financial Times: a centenary history, 1988[ISBN missing]
- WG's Birthday Party, 1990[ISBN missing]
- Cazenove & Co.: a history, 1991[ISBN missing]
- The Bank of England: Money, Power, and Influence 1694–1994, 1995 (edited by Richard Roberts)[ISBN missing]
- The City of London, Volume I: A World of Its Own, 1815–90, 1995[ISBN missing]
- The City of London, Volume II: Golden Years, 1890–1914, 1995[ISBN missing]
- LIFFE: A Market and its Makers, 1997[ISBN missing]
- The City of London, Volume III: Illusions of Gold, 1914–45, 1999[ISBN missing]
- The City of London, Volume IV: Club No More, 1945–2000, 2002 (with Will Sulkin)[ISBN missing]
- Austerity Britain, 1945–51, 2007, reprinted as:[ISBN missing]
- Austerity Britain: A World to Build, 1945–48, 2008
- Austerity Britain: Smoke in the Valley, 1948–51, 2008
- Family Britain, 1951–57, 2009
- City of London: The History, 2012[ISBN missing]
- Modernity Britain, 1957–62, 2014, previously published as:
- Till Time's Last Sand: A History of the Bank of England 1694–2013, 2017
- Arlott, Swanton and the Soul of English Cricket, 2018 (with Stephen Fay)
- Engines of Privilege: Britain's private school problem, co-authored with Francis Green[14][15][16][17]
- On the Cusp: Days of '62, 2021
- A Northern Wind: Britain 1962–65, 2023
References
edit- ^ a b c d Anon (2017). "Kynaston, Dr David Thomas Anthony". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U281869. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Bloomsbury - David Kynaston - David Kynaston". www.bloomsbury.com.
- ^ Kynaston, David Thomas Anthony (1983). The London Stock Exchange, 1870-1914 : an institutional history. london.ac.uk (PhD thesis). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). OCLC 24154737. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.295464.
- ^ Random House's page about City of London 1 Archived 1 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine specifies Wellington College, New College Oxford, and the LSE, although it does not give years or degrees.
- ^ Christopher Silvester (30 October 2009). "Family Britain, 1951–57: David Kynaston". Express. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ Kynaston, David (2007). Austerity Britain, 1945–1951. London: Bloomsbury. p. ix. ISBN 978-0-7475-9923-4.
- ^ "The best of the decade". The Times. Retrieved 4 September 2011.[dead link]
- ^ a b Diski, Jenny (August 2010). "Fastidious Albion: Postwar Britain keeps calm, carries on". Harper's Magazine. Vol. 321, no. 1, 923. pp. 79–82. Retrieved 29 June 2013. (subscription required)
- ^ Kynaston, David (23 November 2009). "Family Britain". Book of the Week. BBC. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
- ^ DeGroot, Gerard (14 June 2013). "Modernity Britain by David Kynaston, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
- ^ Bennett, Catherine (22 June 2013). "Modernity Britain: Opening the Box, 1957–1959 by David Kynaston – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
- ^ Weight, Richard (November 2013). "Review of Modernity Britain : opening the box, 1957–59". Reviews. History Today. 63 (11): 64–65. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ Mark Damazer, "Modernity Britain by David Kynaston: Social history with a smile" (review), New Statesman, 27 June 2013.
- ^ Hillman, Nick (2019). "Review of 'Engines of Privilege: Britain's Private School Problem'". hepi.ac.uk. Higher Education Policy Institute.
- ^ Green, Francis; Kynaston, David (2019). Engines of privilege : Britain's private school problem. London. ISBN 978-1-5266-0127-8. OCLC 1108696740.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Clanchy, Kate (2019). "Engines of Privilege review – a challenge to Britain's private schools?". The Guardian.
- ^ Derham, Patrick (2019). "Book review – Engines of Privilege: Britain's Private School Problem". tes.com. Times Educational Supplement.