基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2009. Challenges accepted wisdom on the white working class, providing new understandings of community, place and class, arguing for the importance of migration.
Full Description
A major new study of white working class Britain since 1930, that shows how meanings of poverty have changed over time and how individuals reject categorization by the state. This book challenges accepted wisdom on the white working class, providing new understandings of community, place and class, arguing for the importance of migration.
Contents
Acknowledgements Lists of Figures, Maps and Photographs Abbreviations Introduction: Moving Histories Place Interlude: Tom Crowther (1929-2006) Poverty State Class Interlude: Flo Smith Moves Afterword Bibliography