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Richard Overy

Isabel Hilton talks to historian Richard Overy about his new book The Morbid Age, which examines the culture and ideas of Britain between the First and Second World Wars.

Isabel Hilton talks to 20th-century historian Richard Overy on his book about Britain between the First and Second World Wars, The Morbid Age. Overy argues that the 1930s were responsible for many of the most important ideas of the modern world, including eugenics, Freud's theories on the unconscious and the nature of modern government.

45 minutes

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Tue 5 May 2009 21:15

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  • Tue 5 May 2009 21:15

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