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Respectable: Crossing the Class Divide
Lynsey Hanley
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Description for Respectable: Crossing the Class Divide
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFM; JFSC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
'Pithy and provoking, spiced with the personal' Hilary Mantel Lynsey Hanley grew up part of the 'respectable working class'. At university, she discovered that social mobility is not all it seems. This book is about what it means to cross class divides, what we leave behind in order to get on, and how class affects all of us today. 'There is fury contained within the pages and between the lines of Respectable ... intelligent and important' Colin Grant, Guardian 'Honest, brave and moving' Kate Pickett, co-author of The ... Read more
'Pithy and provoking, spiced with the personal' Hilary Mantel Lynsey Hanley grew up part of the 'respectable working class'. At university, she discovered that social mobility is not all it seems. This book is about what it means to cross class divides, what we leave behind in order to get on, and how class affects all of us today. 'There is fury contained within the pages and between the lines of Respectable ... intelligent and important' Colin Grant, Guardian 'Honest, brave and moving' Kate Pickett, co-author of The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141040615
SKU
V9780141040615
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Ref
99-50
About Lynsey Hanley
Lynsey Hanley was born in Birmingham and lives in Liverpool. She is the author of Estates: An Intimate History, and she is a regular contributor to the Guardian and the New Statesman.
Reviews for Respectable: Crossing the Class Divide
Honest, brave and moving, Respectable opens up the emotional experience of navigating across class boundaries in an unequal world.
Kate Pickett, co-author of The Spirit Level Why is class still so central to the experience of living in Britain? It is an urgent question, evaded through a kind of collective shame, but Lynsey Hanley approaches it with ... Read more
Kate Pickett, co-author of The Spirit Level Why is class still so central to the experience of living in Britain? It is an urgent question, evaded through a kind of collective shame, but Lynsey Hanley approaches it with ... Read more