Made by labour : a material and visual history of British labour, c. 1780-1924 / Nick Mansfield, Martin Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mansfield, Nick (Historian), author.

Wright, Martin (Lecturer), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Material culture--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Material culture.

Working class--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Working class.

Working class--Great Britain--History--19th century--Pictorial works.

Labor movement--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Labor movement.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History

Pictorial works

Physical Description:

360 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Material and visual history of British labour, c. 1780-1924

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2023.

Summary:

"This is the first full-length study of the material and visual culture of the British labour movement in almost half a century. It draws together the fruits of recent research into a comprehensive material and visual analysis of the nineteenth-century labour movement's development. It analyses the meaning of 'labour things', the role they played in the lives of working people and the ways they have influenced the writing of labour history. Over ninety beautifully illustrated, expertly contextualised objects are used to narrate the history of British labour in its most crucial phase of development. Chapters on curation and preservation, a directory of museums where labour things may be seen, and a full bibliography complete the treatment of this important and rapidly developing field, making the book not just essential academic reading but a handbook for anyone who wishes to explore this vital part of our shared culture"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester

1. Understanding labour things

2. Images and objects

3. Preservation, collections, curation and conservation

4. Directory of places that have nineteenth-century labour and working-class objects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-262)

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781837720064

1837720061

OCLC:

1377217983