A Social History of the English Working Classes, 1815-1945 by E. Hopkins
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A Social History of the English Working Classes, 1815-1945
A Social History of the English Working Classes, 1815-1945
Summary
This text for advanced students presents a synthesis of research into the English working classes in the period 1815-1945. Divided into four chronological sections, the book examines living conditions at work and home, government intervention, the significance of religion and the concept of class.
A Social History of the English Working Classes, 1815-1945 Summary
Table of Contents
Part 1 The birth of the new society, 1815-1850: life at work; life at home; working-class protest and self-help; government intervention - factory, mine and town; government intervention - schools and churches; the problem of poverty. Part 2 Equipoise and after 1850-1900: further reform of working and living conditions; schools, churches and chapels after 1850; changing attitudes to poverty; the growth of modern unionism. Part 3 New roles for labour 1900-1914: the Labour Party and the unions before World War I; the liberal welfare reforms; class, family and the quality of life. Part 4 Labour in peace and war 1914-1945: World War I; between the wars; World War II.
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GOR001425364
9780713103168
0713103167
A Social History of the English Working Classes, 1815-1945 by E. Hopkins
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hodder Arnold
19790501
296
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