| Description |
ix, 286 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Studies in modern history |
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Studies in modern history (Longman (Firm))
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| Contents |
1. Forming the urban working class -- 2. Labour in the 'factory age' -- 3. Leisure and the urban worker -- 4. Working-class identity and politics -- 5. The 'traditional' working-class community -- 6. Control, conflict and collective bargaining in the workplace -- 7. Expanding leisure opportunities -- 8. Class identity and everyday politics -- 9. Old and new working-class communities -- 10. Unemployment, dislocation and new industries -- 11. Cinema, dance hall and streets -- 12. Patriotism, politics and identity -- Conclusion : change and continuity |
| Summary |
"Framing his subject chronologically, but treating it thematically, August gives a vivid account of working class life between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, examining the issues and concerns central to working-class identity. Identifying shared patterns of experience in the lives of workers, he avoids the limitations of both traditional historiography dominated by economic determinism and party politics, and the revisionism which too readily dismisses the importance of class in British society."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Working class -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Working class -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Social classes -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Social classes -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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| LC no. |
2006052173 |
| ISBN |
9780582381308 |
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0582381304 |
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