Jamie L. Bronstein is Professor of U.S. and British History at New Mexico State University.

"This thoroughly researched and original work draws on a rich and fascinating corpus of working-class autobiographies. Jamie L. Bronstein's writing is gripping, intriguing, and entertaining, and scholars from a range of disciplines—and more general readers—will find much of interest here."—Thomas Dixon, author of Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears "A remarkable and pathbreaking study that uses the first-person testimony of working people to shed new light on the history of happiness. Weaving together poignant personal stories, the insights of emotions history, and incisive analysis, Jamie L. Bronstein offers a new and utterly fascinating life of Britain in the age of industrialization."—Emma Griffin, author of Bread Winner: An Intimate History of the Victorian Economy "[A] thought-provoking addition to the literature on working-class writing. Recommended."—M. E. Burstein, CHOICE

• 0. Introduction1. Interrogating Autobiographies2. The Simple Pleasures of Childhood3. Work and Flow4. Life Is with People5. The Natural World6. Self-Cultivation7. The Way of Duty8. Absent Happiness9. Sadness, Fear, and Anger10. The Past and the Present Converse11. Conclusion

Jamie L. Bronstein is Professor of U.S. and British History at New Mexico State University.

"This thoroughly researched and original work draws on a rich and fascinating corpus of working-class autobiographies. Jamie L. Bronstein's writing is gripping, intriguing, and entertaining, and scholars from a range of disciplines—and more general readers—will find much of interest here."—Thomas Dixon, author of Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears "A remarkable and pathbreaking study that uses the first-person testimony of working people to shed new light on the history of happiness. Weaving together poignant personal stories, the insights of emotions history, and incisive analysis, Jamie L. Bronstein offers a new and utterly fascinating life of Britain in the age of industrialization."—Emma Griffin, author of Bread Winner: An Intimate History of the Victorian Economy "[A] thought-provoking addition to the literature on working-class writing. Recommended."—M. E. Burstein, CHOICE

• 0. Introduction1. Interrogating Autobiographies2. The Simple Pleasures of Childhood3. Work and Flow4. Life Is with People5. The Natural World6. Self-Cultivation7. The Way of Duty8. Absent Happiness9. Sadness, Fear, and Anger10. The Past and the Present Converse11. Conclusion

Jamie L. Bronstein is Professor of U.S. and British History at New Mexico State University.

"This thoroughly researched and original work draws on a rich and fascinating corpus of working-class autobiographies. Jamie L. Bronstein's writing is gripping, intriguing, and entertaining, and scholars from a range of disciplines—and more general readers—will find much of interest here."—Thomas Dixon, author of Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears "A remarkable and pathbreaking study that uses the first-person testimony of working people to shed new light on the history of happiness. Weaving together poignant personal stories, the insights of emotions history, and incisive analysis, Jamie L. Bronstein offers a new and utterly fascinating life of Britain in the age of industrialization."—Emma Griffin, author of Bread Winner: An Intimate History of the Victorian Economy "[A] thought-provoking addition to the literature on working-class writing. Recommended."—M. E. Burstein, CHOICE

• 0. Introduction1. Interrogating Autobiographies2. The Simple Pleasures of Childhood3. Work and Flow4. Life Is with People5. The Natural World6. Self-Cultivation7. The Way of Duty8. Absent Happiness9. Sadness, Fear, and Anger10. The Past and the Present Converse11. Conclusion