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26%OFFSelina Todd - The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class, 1910-2010 - 9781848548824 - V9781848548824
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The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class, 1910-2010

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Description for The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class, 1910-2010 Paperback. The twentieth century experienced by over 75% of Britons had little to do with the one we've been taught. The People tells OUR story for the first time. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 378.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'There was nothing extraordinary about my childhood or background. And yet I looked in vain for any aspect of my family's story when I went to university to read history, and continued to search fruitlessly for it throughout the next decade. Eventually I realised I would have to write this history myself.' What was it really like to live through the twentieth century? In 1910 three-quarters of the population were working class, but their story has been ignored until now. Based on the first-person accounts ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848548824
SKU
V9781848548824
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Ref
99-50

About Selina Todd
Selina Todd is Fellow and Vice Principal of St Hilda's College, Oxford and a highly respected social historian. Her previous book Young Women, Work, and Family in England won the Women's History Network Book Prize.

Reviews for The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class, 1910-2010
Writing the experiences of these forgotten groups into the history of class is overdue. Not only does Todd bust a few myths in the process . . . but she opens up new vistas on the social history of modern Britain
History Today
Polemical and engaging
Times Higher Education
Selina Todd's impassioned, comprehensive history is a ... Read more

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