Victorian Labour History - Experience, Identity and the Politics of Representation (Hardcover)

John Host addresses liberal, Marxist and post modernist historiography on Victorian working people to question the special status of historical knowledge. The central focus of this study is a debate about mid-Victorian social stability, a condition conventionally equated with popular acceptance of the prevailing social order. Host does not join the debate but takes it as his object of analysis, deconstructing the notion of stability and the analysis that purports to explain it. Host examines an extensive range of archival material to illustrate the ambiguity of the historical field, the rhetorical strategies through which the illusion of its unity is created, and the ultimately fictive quality of historical narrative.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	John Host
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-18674-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > General Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > Theory & methods > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-415-18674-9
Barcode:	9780415186742

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