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Ben Jones - The Working Class in Mid-Twentieth-Century England: Community, Identity and Social Memory - 9780719084737 - V9780719084737
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The Working Class in Mid-Twentieth-Century England: Community, Identity and Social Memory

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Description for The Working Class in Mid-Twentieth-Century England: Community, Identity and Social Memory Hardback. Academics and students researching modern and contemporary social and cultural history, sociology, cultural studies and human geography Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 black & white halftones, 2 maps, 2 figures, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
This book maps how working class life was transformed in England in the middle years of the twentieth century. National trends in employment, welfare and living standards are illuminated via a focus on Brighton, providing valuable new perspectives of class and community formation. Based on fresh archival research, life histories and contemporary social surveys, the book historicises important cultural and community studies which moulded popular perceptions of class and social change in the post-war period. It shows how council housing, slum clearance and demographic trends impacted on working-class families and communities. While suburbanisation transformed home life, leisure and patterns of ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
595g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719084737
SKU
V9780719084737
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Ben Jones
Ben Jones is Teaching Fellow in History at the University of Sussex -- .

Reviews for The Working Class in Mid-Twentieth-Century England: Community, Identity and Social Memory
...illuminating and thoughtful Here, in consequence, is a work of genuine scholarship, its author's credentials rooted in a readiness to ask the right questions of his cross-generation sample, and an assiduous approach to uncovering civic, community, and counter-culture archives. Adrian Smith, University of Southampton, Southern History 35 (2013). Bold and provocative ... Read more

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