Nick Mansfield is Professor of History at UCLan in Preston. He has published widely on working class history and spent thirty years working in museums.Martin Wright is Senior Lecturer in History, Cardiff University.

This compilation of objects and images provides a rare and invaluable multi-dimensional view of the politics and culture of the British labour movement “ from its roots in the eighteenth century to the moment of its ascendancy in 1922 “ while also reminding us of the continuing power and significance of historical artefacts.

• AcknowledgementsForeword by Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater ManchesterPrefaceList of images1 Understanding labour things2 Images and objects3 Preservation, collections, curation and conservation4 Directory of places that have nineteenth- century labour and working- class objectsNotesSelect bibliography

Nick Mansfield is Professor of History at UCLan in Preston. He has published widely on working class history and spent thirty years working in museums.Martin Wright is Senior Lecturer in History, Cardiff University.

This compilation of objects and images provides a rare and invaluable multi-dimensional view of the politics and culture of the British labour movement “ from its roots in the eighteenth century to the moment of its ascendancy in 1922 “ while also reminding us of the continuing power and significance of historical artefacts.

• AcknowledgementsForeword by Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater ManchesterPrefaceList of images1 Understanding labour things2 Images and objects3 Preservation, collections, curation and conservation4 Directory of places that have nineteenth- century labour and working- class objectsNotesSelect bibliography

Nick Mansfield is Professor of History at UCLan in Preston. He has published widely on working class history and spent thirty years working in museums.Martin Wright is Senior Lecturer in History, Cardiff University.

This compilation of objects and images provides a rare and invaluable multi-dimensional view of the politics and culture of the British labour movement “ from its roots in the eighteenth century to the moment of its ascendancy in 1922 “ while also reminding us of the continuing power and significance of historical artefacts.

• AcknowledgementsForeword by Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater ManchesterPrefaceList of images1 Understanding labour things2 Images and objects3 Preservation, collections, curation and conservation4 Directory of places that have nineteenth- century labour and working- class objectsNotesSelect bibliography