10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORKING CLASS»
Discover the use of
working class in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
working class and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Chavs: The Demonization of the
Working Class
This updated edition includes a new chapter exploring the causes and consequences of the UK riots in the summer of 2011.
2
The Making of the English
Working Class
E. P. Thompson shows how the English working class emerged through the degradations of the industrial revolution to create a culture and political consciousness of enormous vitality.
3
New
Working-
class Studies
This book brings together historians, economists, geographers, sociologists, and scholars of literature and cultural studies to explore the emerging discipline of working-class studies and identify its key themes and issues.
John Russo, Sherry Lee Linkon, 2005
4
Farewell to the
Working Class: An Essay on Post-industrial ...
' New StatesmanAndré Gorz argues that changes in the role of the work and labour process in the closing decades of the twentieth century have, once and for all, weakened the power of skilled industrial workers.
5
Nazism, Fascism and the
Working Class
This is a collection of ten path-breaking essays on the history of the National Socialist regime in Germany.
Timothy W. Mason, Jane Caplan, 1995
6
Working-
class White: The Making and Unmaking of Race Relations
McDermott offers an insightful, honest, and comprehensive account of everyday black-white interactions. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the tangled realities of race and class in 21st century America.
7
Sport and the
Working Class in Modern Britain
Covering the period since World War II, the author considers over 100 novels, treating them thematically, with separate chapters on the fictions of boxing, football, baseball, and basketball.
8
Real Country: Music and Language in
Working-
Class Culture
Anthropologist and musician Aaron A. Fox spent years in Lockhart making research notes, music, and friends. In Real Country, he provides an intimate, in-depth ethnography of the community and its music.
9
Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and
Working-
class History
Providing sweeping coverage of U.S. labor history, this resource contains over 650 entries, encompassing labor history from the colonial era to the present.
10
Working-
class Formation: Nineteenth-century Patterns in ...
"This book will take its place among the very finest resources on nineteenth-century working-class history."--Sean Wilentz, Princeton University "This is by far the best collection of essays published on the subject of class formation.
Ira Katznelson, Aristide R. Zolberg, 1986
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORKING CLASS»
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working class is used in the context of the following news items.
The unmaking of the Australian working class – and their right to resist
That's how in 1985 I ended up reading E.P. Thompson's The Making of the English Working Class by a pool at the University of California. Its story has stuck with ... «The Conversation AU, Aug 15»
Elite firms 'exclude bright working class'
Elite firms are sidelining the UK's bright working-class applicants in favour of privileged, "polished" candidates, a report says. The Social Mobility and Child ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
Christopher Eccleston: 'I still feel insecure as a working class actor'
"It's not just about the working class. ... productions - a wonderful intellectual exercise, maybe, but it's outrageous because it's putting a lot of women out of work. «Digital Spy UK, Apr 15»
Whatever happened to working class families?
But they now characterize a large portion of the working class. The outcome is a bifurcation of American life — with upper-class families often practicing a ... «Patheos, Mar 15»
Lack of working class actors is changing what gets made, says …
“I'm constantly looking round for actors who can convincingly portray working-class men,” said McGovern. “They're getting fewer and fewer because it's only the ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
In resort towns, rich ease out the working class
The situation would be worse had Aspen not gone to extraordinary lengths to try to avoid being hollowed out by the departure of middle-class and working-class ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jan 15»
Andrew Little seeks to redefine working class
Andrew Little used his first major speech as Labour leader to challenge Labour to "update its definition of working people" to include small businesses owners, ... «Stuff.co.nz, Nov 14»
Melvyn Bragg: stop mocking the working class
“All this 'it's grim oop north' sort of stuff. Well, it was a joke once, but we've got to the stage where the working class has been turned into a cliché and it deserves ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»
Book News: Year's Oddest Title? 'Pie-ography,' 'Working Class Cats …
The shortlist for the Diagram Prize for the year's oddest book title is out and includes Pie-ography: Where Pie Meets Biography by Jo Packham, Working Class ... «NPR, Feb 14»
Marriage loses appeal: study finds financial commitment means …
The working classes are less likely to get married or have children in wedlock than the middle-classes as they struggle with the financial commitment, a study ... «Daily Mail, Aug 13»
