English historian and author
David Thomas Anthony Kynaston (/ˈ k ɪ n ə s t ə n [ 1] Aldershot ) is an English historian specialising in thesocial history of England .[ 2]
Early life and education [ edit ] Kynaston was educated atWellington College, Berkshire andNew College, Oxford , from which he graduated with aBachelor of Arts degree inmodern history in 1973,[ 1] PhD from theLondon School of Economics on the history of theLondon Stock Exchange in 1983.[ 3] [ 4]
Career and research [ edit ] Kynaston became a visiting professor atKingston University in 2001.[ 1] Royal Society of Literature in 2010.[ 5]
Tales of a New Jerusalem [ edit ] David Kynaston King Labour 1976 Title In 2007 Kynaston publishedAusterity Britain, 1945–1951 to much acclaim.[ 6] Tales of a New Jerusalem . In this series Kynaston intends to chronicle the history of Great Britain from theend of World War II to the ascension ofMargaret Thatcher in 1979.[ 7] Austerity Britain was named "Book of the Decade" byThe Sunday Times .[ 8]
Family Britain (2010) is the second volume in the series, and was also released as two books.[ 9] Suez crisis of 1956.[ 9] BBC Radio 4 as itsBook of the Week Dominic West .[ 10]
The third volume,Modernity Britain , covering the years 1957–62, was published as two books in June 2013[ 11] [ 12]
The first book of the fourth volume,A Northern Wind , covering the years 1962–65, was published in September 2023.
King Labour: British Working Class, 1850–1914 , 1976[ISBN missing Bobby Abel : Professional Batsman, 1857–1936[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 , 1984The Financial Times : a centenary history[ISBN missing WG 's Birthday Party[ISBN missing Cazenove & Co. : a history[ISBN missing The Bank of England : Money, Power, and Influence 1694–1994[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 , 2008Austerity Britain: Smoke in the Valley, 1948–51 , 2008Family Britain, 1951–57 , 2009City of London: The History , 2012[ISBN missing Modernity Britain, 1957–62 , 2014, previously published as:Modernity Britain: Opening the Box, 1957–59 , 2013[ 13] [ 14] Modernity Britain: A Shake of the Dice, 1959–62 , 2014Till Time's Last Sand: A History of the Bank of England 1694–2013 , 2017Arlott ,Swanton and the Soul of English CricketStephen Fay )Engines of Privilege: Britain's private school problem [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] On the Cusp: Days of '62 , 2021A Northern Wind: Britain 1962–65 , 2023^a b c d Anon (2017)."Kynaston, Dr David Thomas Anthony" Who's Who Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black.doi :10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U281869 . (Subscription orUK 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'spage aboutCity of London 1 Archived 1 October 2011 at theWayback Machine specifies Wellington College, New College Oxford, and the LSE, although it does not give years or degrees. ^ "Kynaston, David" .Royal Society of Literature . 1 September 2023. Retrieved3 July 2025 .^ Christopher Silvester (30 October 2009)."Family Britain, 1951–57: David Kynaston" .Express . Retrieved4 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 . Retrieved4 September 2011 .[dead link ^a b Diski, Jenny (August 2010)."Fastidious Albion: Postwar Britain keeps calm, carries on" .Harper's Magazine 79– 82. Retrieved29 June 2013 .(subscription required) ^ Kynaston, David (23 November 2009)."Family Britain" .Book of the Week .BBC . Retrieved29 June 2013 . ^ DeGroot, Gerard (14 June 2013)."Modernity Britain by David Kynaston, review" .The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved29 June 2013 . ^ Bennett, Catherine (22 June 2013)."Modernity Britain: Opening the Box, 1957–1959 by David Kynaston – review" .The Guardian . Retrieved29 June 2013 .^ Weight, Richard (November 2013)."Review ofModernity Britain : opening the box, 1957–59 " . Reviews.History Today 63 (11):64– 65. Retrieved22 November 2015 . ^ Mark Damazer,"Modernity Britain by David Kynaston: Social history with a smile" (review) ,New Statesman ^ 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.
International National Academics People Other
