Only in the common people : the aesthetics of class in post-war Britain / by Paul Long.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Long, Paul, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Working class.

Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"corrupt and moronic though the common people are seemingly becoming ... only in the common people can the true work be rooted, the true tradition rediscovered and re-informed" Charles Parker, BBC Radio Producer 1959. In 1958, in his best-selling book Culture and Society, Raymond Williams identified working-class culture as 'a key issue in our own time'. Why this happened and how this subject was thought about and acted upon is the focus of this book. Paul Long investigates a variety of proj...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [264]-293).

ISBN:

1-282-04302-1

9786612043024

1-4438-0298-0

OCLC:

815769539