David Thomas Anthony Kynaston (; born 30 July 1951 in

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) is an English historian specialising in the social history of England.

Early life and education

Kynaston was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and New College, Oxford, from which he graduated with a

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degree in modern history in 1973, and was awarded a PhD from the

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on the history of the

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in 1983.

Career and research

Kynaston became a Visiting Professor at

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in 2001.

''Tales of a New Jerusalem''

In 2007 Kynaston published ''Austerity Britain, 1945–1951'' to much acclaim. 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

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in 1979. ''Austerity Britain'' was named "Book of the Decade" by ''The Sunday Times''. ''Family Britain'' (2010) is the second volume in the series, and was also released as two books. It covers the period from 1951 to the Suez crisis of 1956. The volume was serialised on

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as its ''

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'' for 23 November 2009, read by

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. The third volume, ''Modernity Britain'', covering the years 1957–59, was published in June 2013.

Publications

* ''King Labour: British Working Class, 1850–1914'', 1976 * ''

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: Professional Batsman, 1857–1936'', 1982 * ''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 * ''

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: a centenary history'', 1988 * '' WG's Birthday Party'', 1990 * '' Cazenove & Co.: a history'', 1991 * '' The Bank of England: Money, Power, and Influence 1694–1994'', 1995 (edited by Richard Roberts) * ''The City of London, Volume I: A World of Its Own, 1815–90'', 1995 * ''The City of London, Volume II: Golden Years, 1890–1914'', 1995 * ''LIFFE: A Market and its Makers'', 1997 * ''The City of London, Volume III: Illusions of Gold, 1914–45'', 1999 * ''The City of London, Volume IV: Club No More, 1945–2000'', 2002 (with Will Sulkin) * ''Austerity Britain, 1945–51'', 2007, reprinted as: ** ''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 * ''Modernity Britain, 1957–62'', 2014, previously published as: ** ''Modernity Britain: Opening the Box, 1957–59'', 2013 ** ''Modernity Britain: A Shake of the Dice, 1959–62'', 2014 * ''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 * ''On the Cusp: Days of '62'', 2021

References

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