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

by Ben Jones and Ben Jones

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719084733
• ISBN13: 9780719084737
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.4"