The working class in mid-twentieth-century England Community, identity and social memory / Ben Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Ben (Ben W.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--England--Social conditions--20th century.

Working class.

Working class--England--Brighton--Social conditions--20th century.

England--Brighton--Social conditions--20th century.

England.

England--Brighton--Social life and customs--20th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 262 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020

Place of Publication:

New York : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Dedication

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

Maps

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Class: jobs, families, mobilities and social identities

Place: the social geography of working class housing

Community: neighbours, networks and social memory

Home: family, memory and modernity

Conclusion

Biographical appendix

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-255) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5261-3030-0

OCLC:

1085668630