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Unique volume articulating the "gender critical" feminist position
15 chapters by an interdisciplinary team of highly-regarded
contributors Engages with an important - but highly polarised -
political and social debate.
Unique volume articulating the "gender critical" feminist position
15 chapters by an interdisciplinary team of highly-regarded
contributors Engages with an important - but highly polarised -
political and social debate.
'Intensely readable... A stimulating and necessary redress' David
Kynaston, Spectator Politicians say social mobility is real... this
book proves otherwise. From servants' children who became clerks in
Victorian Britain, to managers made redundant by the 2008 financial
crash, travelling up or down the social ladder has been a fact of
British life for more than a century. Drawing on hundreds of
personal stories, Snakes and Ladders tells the hidden history of
how people have really experienced that social mobility in both
directions. It shows how a powerful elite on the top rungs have
clung to their perch, as well as introducing us to the unsung
heroes who created more room at the top. As we face political
crisis after crisis, Snakes and Ladders argues that only by
creating greater opportunities for everyone to thrive can we ensure
the survival of our society. 'A fascinating, important book' Mail
on Sunday 'A trove of stories of human hope and disappointment' New
Statesman 'Fascinating... A rich and well-observed historical
account' Financial Times
'A sympathetic and perceptive account of a fine writer at a
critical moment in our cultural life' KEN LOACH On 27 May 1958, A
Taste of Honey opened in a small fringe theatre in London. Written
by a nineteen-year-old bus driver's daughter from Salford, the play
exposed a deeply polarised society in Britain, sparked press and
political outrage and transformed its young author into an
unexpected star. Shelagh Delaney's assertive female characters
struck an immediate chord with working-class women who dreamed of
more than just suburban housewifery, and her work and legacy would
go on to inspire future generations of writers, musicians and
artists. This is the remarkable story of how a working-class
teenager stormed theatreland, exploded old certainties about class,
race, sex and taste, and blazed an incendiary new path in British
culture. 'A riveting book' DAVID HARE
'It is only when you meet someone of a different culture from
yourself that you begin to realize what your own beliefs really
are.' The Road to Wigan Pier is George Orwell's 1937 study of
poverty and working-class life in northern England. It is the book
which established Orwell as among Britain's foremost political and
social commentators. It is, moreover, essential for any reader who
wishes to gain a deeper understanding of Orwell's life, work and
legacy. This non-fiction work set the tone for Orwell's subsequent
career, by focusing on class relations within Britain and political
solutions to social problems. The Road to Wigan Pier has remained
widely read since his death, running to several editions, and
providing a point of comparison for later social and political
commentaries
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'There was nothing extraordinary about
my childhood or background. And yet I looked in vain for any aspect
of my family's story when I went to university to read history, and
continued to search fruitlessly for it throughout the next decade.
Eventually I realised I would have to write this history myself.'
What was it really like to live through the twentieth 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. Uncovering a huge hidden swathe of
Britain's past, The People is the vivid history of a revolutionary
century and the people who really made Britain great.
Politicians claim social mobility is real - a just reward for
ambition and hard work. This book proves otherwise. From servants'
children who became clerks in Victorian Britain, to managers made
redundant by the 2008 financial crash, travelling up or down the
social ladder has been a fact of British life for more than a
century. Drawing on hundreds of personal stories, Snakes and
Ladders tells the hidden history of how people have really
experienced that social mobility - both upwards and down. It shows
how a powerful elite on the top rungs have clung to their perch and
prevented others ascending. It also introduces the unsung heroes
who created more room at the top - among them adult educators,
feminists and trade unionists, whose achievements unleashed the
hidden talents of thousands of people. As we face political crisis
after crisis, Snakes and Ladders argues that only by creating
greater opportunities for everyone to thrive can we ensure the
survival of our society A 'Best books of 2021' prediction:
Financial Times, Sunday Times Praise for The People: the Rise and
Fall of the Working Class 'The People is a book we badly need'
David Kynaston, Observer 'Ms Todd's great ability as an academic is
to avoid writing like one' Alistair Dawber, Independent 'What
differentiates Selina Todd's book from existing literature on this
subject is the way her narrative actually documents the voices of
working-class people . . . Brilliant and well-researched' New
Internationalist
This fascinating account of young women's lives challenges existing
assumptions about working class life and womanhood in England
between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the
1950s. While contemporaries commonly portrayed young women as
pleasure-loving leisure consumers, this book argues that the world
of work was in fact central to their life experiences. Social and
economic history are woven together to examine the working, family,
and social lives of the maids, factory workers, shop assistants,
and clerks who made up the majority of England's young women.
Selina Todd traces the complex interaction between class, gender,
and locale that shaped young women's roles at work and home,
indicating that paid work structured people's lives more profoundly
than many social histories suggest. Rich autobiographical accounts
show that, while poverty continued to constrain life choices, young
women also made their own history. Far from being apathetic workers
or pliant consumers, they forged new patterns of occupational and
social mobility, were important breadwinners in working class
homes, developed a distinct youth culture, and acted as workplace
militants. In doing so they helped to shape twentieth-century
society.
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