Working Class Cultures in Britain, 1890-1960
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Working Class Cultures in Britain, 1890-1960 by Joanna Bourke
Integrating a variety of historical approaches and methods, Joanna Bourke looks at the construction of class within the intimate contexts of the body, the home, the marketplace, the locality and the nation to assess how the subjective identity of the 'working class' in Britain has been maintained through seventy years of radical social, cultural and economic change. She argues that class identity is essentially a social and cultural rather than an institutional or political phenomenon and therefore cannot be understood without constant reference to gender and ethnicity. Each self contained chapter consists of an essay of historical analysis, introducing students to the ways historians use evidence to understand change, as well as useful chronologies, statistics and tables, suggested topics for discussion, and selective further reading.'Billed as a student text, but it is much more exciting than thatWhat distinguishes the book is the originality of its argument and structure' - History Today
Bourke, Prof Joanna; Bourke, Joanna
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415098984 |
| ISBN 10 | 041509898X |
| Title | Working Class Cultures in Britain, 1890-1960 |
| Author | Joanna Bourke |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1993-12-09 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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