The ideologies of class: Social relations in Britain, 1880-1950 - Softcover

McKibbin, Ross

9780192852434: The ideologies of class: Social relations in Britain, 1880-1950

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192852434 ISBN 13: 9780192852434

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1991

Between 1880 and the early 1950s, about 75% of the British population were manual wage-earners or their dependents. Thus in order to understand the way modern Britain has evolved, it is essential to appreciate working-class culture and organization. This collection of essays examines such topics as gambling, hobbies, poverty, the effects of World Wars I and II and the failure of Marxism to give an integrated explanation of British society and class ideology.

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About the Author:

Ross McKibbin is Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at St John's College, Oxford.

Review:

"McKibbin's essays are often fresh and illuminating....McKibbin writes gracefully and displays remarkable scope and erudition."--The New York Review of Books

"A very good book....Insightful, lively, learned."--Albion

"An achievement of genuine importance....A stimulating collection whose arguments should produce debate and discussion for some time to come."--Journal of Social History

"[The essays] are uniformly excellent, and should be read by anybody who is interested in the history, sociology or politics of Britain in the 20th century."--London Review of Books

"The essays in this book...amount to a powerful empirical and theoretical examination of the relationship between the working class and society."--American Historical Review

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