Classes, cultures, and politics: essays on British history for Ross Mckibbin

Classes, Cultures, and Politics is a major work of scholarship and a key source for all those interested in twentieth-century Britain. It provides insightsinto Ross McKibbin's life and thought, and seeks to explore the implications of his arguments. INDICE: Preface; INTRODUCING ROSS McKIBBIN; 1: Boyd Hilton: Ross McKibbin:a biographical introduction; 2: Peter Ghosh: The Guv'nor: the place of Ross McKibbin in the writing of British history; 3: Peter Ghosh: Ross McKibbin: a bibliography; CLASSES; 4: Paul Johnson: In Pursuit of Prudence: speculation, risk, and class in Victorian Britain; 5: Andrezj Olechnowicz: Britain's 'Quasi-Magical' Monarchy in the mid-twentieth century?; 6: Janet Howarth: Classes and Cultures in England after 1951: the case of working-class women; 7: John Davis:The London Cabbie and the Rise of Essex Man; CULTURES; 8: Tony Mason: Middle-Class Wanderers and Working-Class Professionals: the British and the growth ofworld football, 1899-1954; 9: William Whyte: Just William? Richmal Crompton and Conservative fiction; 10: Robert Colls: The People's Orwell; 11: Joseph McAleer: Love, Romance, and the National Health Service; 12: Peter Mandler: BeingHis Own Rabbit: Geoffrey Gorer and English culture; POLITICS; 13: Gregg McClymont: The Cultural Politics of Tory Socialism: The Clarion in the labour movement during the 1890s; 14: James J. Nott: 'The Plague Spots of London': WilliamJoynson-Hicks, the Conservative Party, and the campaign against London's nightclubs, 1924-29; 15: Martin Ceadel: Arthur Henderson: an evolving liberal internationalist among Labour little Englanders; 16: Ben Jackson: An Ideology of Class: neo-liberalism and the Trade Unions, c.1930-79; 17: Clare V. J. Griffiths: History and the Labour Party; REFLECTIONS; 18: Emma Eadie: Communicating Interest; 19: Rosemary Sweet: Despite His Choice of Jumpers; 20: Eve Colpus: A Bicycle Tour of Memories; 21: Mary-Kay Wilmers: A Chronicle; Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-957988-4
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 330
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés