The people
Subtitle: the rise and fall of the working class, 1910-2010
By: Selina Todd
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9781848548817
Subjects: Working class; History; Social conditions; Civilization
Description: What was it really like to live through the 20th century? In 1910 three-quarters of the population were working class, but their story has been ignored until now. Based on the first-person accounts of servants, factory workers, miners and housewives, award-winning historian Selina Todd reveals an unexpected Britain where cinema audiences shook their fists at footage of Winston Churchill, communities supported strikers, and where pools winners (like Viv Nicholson) refused to become respectable. Charting the rise of the working class, through two world wars to their fall in Thatcher's Britain and today, Todd tells their story for the first time, in their own words.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-436) and index.