Anthony Sampson's best-selling Anatomy of Britain has been lauded as one the books that shaped the attitudes of an entire 60s generation.
July 20 1962: Groundbreaking new book: “Anatomy of Britain”; reviewed
A brilliant and penetrating book: The loss of empire and the social changes of the last 20 years have provoked a fumbling, incoherent search for national identity. It is one of the main preoccupations of the author