Author: Benjamin Tom HallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Our Fifty Years: the Story of the Working Men's Club and Institute Union
Author: Benjamin Tom HallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
An Imperial War and the British Working Class
Author: Richard PricePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134529783
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
First published in 2006. This study looks at a time when Victorian Britain was a time for self-doubt. There was an increasing fear that the 'place in the sun' that had so long been hers was being shadowed by the rising powers of Germany and the United States of America. Doubts arouse about her economic strength, her military prowess, even the viability of the two-party system. The South African War of 1899-1902 served for a time as the focus for all the fears that many Britons had about their country's future. The patriotism it engendered was exaggerated by the early military failures to resolve the problem of the troublesome Boers. The focus of the text is on working-class attitudes and reactions to the Boer War 1899-1902.
A Short History of the Working Men's Club and Institute Union ...
Author: Benjamin Tom HallThe Eagle
Author: Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired
Author: British LibraryThe National Temperance Quarterly
Author: John Turner RaePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Temperance
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Education, Travel and the 'Civilisation' of the Victorian Working Classes
Author: Michele M. StrongPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137338083
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Examining four major institutions, Michele Strong considers the experiences of working men and women, particularly artisans, but also young apprentices and clerks, who travelled abroad as participants in an educational reform movement spearheaded by middle-class liberals.
Routledge Revivals: Metropolis London (1989)
Author: David FeldmanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315446669
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
First published in 1989, this book seeks to demonstrate the social and political images of late-twentieth century London — the post-big-bang city, docklands, trade union defeats, a mounting north-south divide — do not mark as decisive break with the past as they may appear to. It argues that the most striking thing about London’s history since 1800 is the continuities and recurrences which punctuate it. The essays collected in this book focus on these themes and address important questions about class, nationality, sexual difference, and radical politics. They combine the established strengths of social history with more innovative approaches such as the history of representations.
The Politics of the Poor
Author: Marc BrodiePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199270554
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
These factors, in combination, have been thought to have allowed the Conservative Party to politically dominate the East End in this period."--Jacket.
Culture, Philanthropy and the Poor in Late-Victorian London
Author: Geoffrey A. C. GinnPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351732811
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
In refreshing our understanding of this obscure but eloquent activism, Ginn approaches cultural philanthropy not simply as a project of class self-interest, nor as fanciful ‘missionary aestheticism.’ Rather, he shows how liberal aspirations towards adult education and civic community can be traced in a number of centres of moralising voluntary effort. Concentrating on Toynbee Hall in Whitechapel, the People’s Palace in Mile End, Red Cross Hall in Southwark and the Bermondsey Settlement, the discussion identifies the common impulses animating practical reformers across these settings. Ginn shows how these were shaped by a distinctive diagnosis of urban deprivation and anomie.