The Working Class in Mid-Twentieth-Century England

Community, Identity and Social Memory

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Ben Jones

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Hardback

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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 association, there were important continuities in terms of material poverty, social networks and cultural practices. This book will be essential reading for academics and students researching modern and contemporary social and cultural history, sociology, cultural studies and human geography. -- .

Author Biography:

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

Release date Australia

May 25th, 2012

Author

Ben Jones

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Illustrations

Halftones, black & white|Maps|Figures|Tables, black & white

Pages

280

Dimensions

156x234x17

ISBN-13

9780719084737

Product ID

19570778

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