ISBN:
9781860649028
Sprache:
Englisch
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Online-Ressource (227 p.)
Paralleltitel:
Print version The Working Class in Britain, 1850-1939
DDC:
305.5/62/0941
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History
Kurzfassung:
Who made up the working class in Britain, who were the ordinary men and women and what were their aspirations? The first generation of postwar British labour historians tended to be preoccupied with working class activism. This texts attempts to chart not only this struggle, but to describe and analyse the rich and varied tapestry of working-class history as a whole. It demonstrates that "class" both existed and mattered although ordinary men and women had diverse lives and lifestyles. Professor Benson examines work, wages, incomes and the cost of living, family, kinship and communit
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One - Material Conditions; Chapter 1. Work; Chapter 2. Wages, Incomes and the Cost of Living; Chapter 3. Housing; Part Two - Family and Community; Chapter 4. Family; Chapter 5: Kinship, Neighbourhood and Community; Part Three - Responses; Chapter 6. Individual, Nation and Class; Chapter 7. The Labour Movement; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index;
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