The British Working Class, 1832-1940Pearson Longman, 2007 - 286 Seiten In this insightful new study, Andrew August examines the British working class in the period when Britain became a mature industrial power, working men and women dominated massive new urban populations, and the extension of suffrage brought them into the political nation for the first time. 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. This book will be of interest to students studying modern British history or the history of class. |
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... while the population grew by over 3,000 between 1851 and 1861 , only 84 houses were built.50 Families jammed into existing houses and new working - class housing , often living in a single room . In 1861 nearly two - thirds of all Scots ...
... While 119,000 workers across all trades went out on strike in 1888 , in 1890 nearly 400,000 struck and most gained at least some of their demands.5 50 Many of the unions formed in this period enrolled unskilled labourers , but they ...
... while the rest were at least familiar with music halls and their songs . On the other hand , fewer than 600 joined evening institutes . While middle - class reformers hoped to appeal to rough youths from the poorer segments of the ...
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Britain in 1832 | 9 |
Labour in the factory age | 30 |
Leisure and the urban worker | 51 |
Urheberrecht | |
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