Radicals : The Working Classes and the Making of Modern Britain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrews, Geoff.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2026.

Summary:

An authoritative and original history of the working classes and the British Left The political Left in Britain rose out of the Industrial Revolution, as the working classes emerged as the leading force in the call for social change.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title Page

Also by Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents Page

List of Plates

List of Abbreviations

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction The Radical Tradition

Chapter 1 Our New Masters

Chapter 2 The Labour Ethos

Chapter 3 Workers' Education

Chapter 4 The Myths and Mysticism of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

Chapter 5 The General Strike and the Condition of England

Chapter 6 George Orwell and the Working Classes

Chapter 7 Homemade Socialism in a Post-War World

Chapter 8 A Common Culture

Chapter 9 The People's University

Chapter 10 Making History from Below

Chapter 11 What Went Wrong?

Chapter 12 New Labour's Meritocracy

Epilogue Unmaking

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-300-29180-9

0-300-29181-7

9780300291803

OCLC:

1581932874