Second Generation is a 1964 novel by Raymond Williams, set in the 1960s. The contrasting worlds of the university and the factory, and individuals who try to find their place among contradictory forces.

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Plot summary

Harold Owen, his brother Gwyn, son Peter and wife Kate all experience the contrasts. The book is based on the actual situation in Oxford of the 1960s, where the ancient university was right next to Morris Motors, as it then was.

Incidentally, William Morris the car-maker had actually written to the university asking if they minded him starting a factory in their city. The university saw it as too small a matter to be worth replying to. He later founded Nuffield College, Oxford.

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See also

• Border Country (novel)
• The Fight for Manod

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