| Working Class Cultures in Britain, 1890-1960: Gender, Class and Ethnicity Contributor(s): Bourke, Joanna (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415098971 ISBN-13: 9780415098977 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1993 Annotation: "Working Class Cultures in Britain" uniquely approaches the social history of the working class from the standpoint of the workers themselves. Integrating a variety of of historical methods, the book examines the construction of class within the intimate contexts of the body, the home, the marketplace, the locality and nation. Using these locations, Joanna Bourke assesses how the subjective identity of the "working class"in Britain has been maintained through seventy years of radical social, cultural and economic change. The book uses gender and ethnicity as a crucial reference point in making the argument for class identity as an social and cultural phenomenon, rather than a political or institutional product. "Working Class Cultures in Britain" provides an excellent introduction to the history and analysis of the working class in this period. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Minority Studies |
| Dewey: 305.562 |
| LCCN: 93018891 |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 5.71" W x 8.79" (1.00 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |