Studies in Labour History – serie
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69 produkter
Soldiers as Workers
Class, employment, conflict and the nineteenth-century military
Inbunden, 2016
2128 kr
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The book outlines how class is single most important factor in understanding the British army in the period of industrialisation. It challenges the 'ruffians officered by gentlemen' theory of most military histories and demonstrates how service in the ranks was not confined to ‘the scum of the …
Working Out Gender
Perspectives from Labour History
Inbunden, 1999
1978 kr
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Working out Gender brings together leading scholars and young researchers to examine the various ways in which gender is currently being used in labour history. Having been a dynamic and contentious category of historical analysis since the mid 1980s gender continues to incite much debate. This …
English Farmworkers and Local Patriotism, 1900–1930
Inbunden, 2001
1978 kr
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This new study looks at the ways in which the years surrounding the First World War shaped the lives of the rural workforce in Britain and how the patriotism unleashed by the war was used by those in power to blur class divisions and build conservative attitudes in rural communities. Using the area …
Centuries of Child Labour
European Experiences from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century
Inbunden, 2004
2588 kr
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Most historical studies of child labour have tended to confirm a narrative which witnesses the gradual disappearance of child labour in Western Europe as politicians and social reformers introduced successive legislation, gradually removing children from the workplace. This approach fails to …
NUM and British Politics
Volume 1: 1944-1968
Inbunden, 2003
997 kr
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From its formation in 1944, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) was one of the most powerful and important players on the British political and industrial stage. Whilst the nation relied upon coal for its electricity production, domestic heating and railway transportation, the miners and their …
Jewish Workers and the Labour Movement
A Comparative Study of Amsterdam, London and Paris 1870-1914
Inbunden, 2004
2588 kr
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During the late nineteenth century, many Jewish workers and intellectuals considered their integration into the general labour movement as a good way to counter the double disadvantage they suffered in society as Jews and workers. Whilst in Amsterdam this process encountered few obstacles, it was …
Transnational Labour History
Explorations
Inbunden, 2003
2513 kr
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There has been a growing recognition amongst scholars that labour historians need to look beyond national borders in order to place the history of the working classes into a much broader context than has hitherto been the case. Whilst studies focused on individual countries are essential, it is …
Contested Sites
Commemoration, Memorial and Popular Politics in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Av Paul A. Pickering, Alex Tyrrell
Inbunden, 2004
2588 kr
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The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed a new phenomenon in public monuments and civic ornamentation. Whereas in former times public statuary had customarily been reserved for 'warriors and statesmen, kings and rulers of men', a new trend was emerging for towns to commemorate their own …
Invisible Woman
Aspects of Women's Work in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Av Isabelle Baudino, Jacques Carré
Inbunden, 2005
3262 kr
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Most social historians writing about working women in pre-nineteenth century Britain have tended to concentrate on fairly large groups, such as factory workers or domestic servants, often in an attempt to reach some conclusions regarding their standards of living and social position. Another …
Towards a Comparative History of Coalfield Societies
Inbunden, 2005
2588 kr
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Few areas of labour history have received as much attention as the coal industry, with miners often finding themselves at the centre of studies on working-class political and industrial history. Yet whilst much has been written about the struggles of miners and their unions in particular countries, …
Female Labour Power: Women Workers’ Influence on Business Practices in the British and American Cotton Industries, 1780–1860
Inbunden, 2007
2588 kr
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Britain and America were the first two countries with mechanised cotton manufacturing industries, the first major factory systems of production and the first major employers of women outside of the domestic environment. The combination of being new wage earners in the first trans-national industry …
Women and Work Culture
Britain c.1850–1950
Av Louise A. Jackson, Krista Cowman
Inbunden, 2005
2588 kr
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Women's work has proved to be an important and lively subject of debate for historians. An earlier focus on the pay, conditions and occupational opportunities of predominantly blue-collar working-class women has now been joined by an interest in other social groups (white-collar workers, clerical …
NUM and British Politics
Volume 2: 1969–1995
Inbunden, 2005
1978 kr
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This book is the second of two volumes examining the place of the National Union of Mineworkers in post-war British politics. Covering the years 1969 to 1995, it charts reactions to the pit closures programme of the late 1950s and 1960s and the development of the NUM's reputation as the union that …
Social Relations in the Estate Villages of Mecklenburg c.1880–1924
Inbunden, 2007
3262 kr
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Research on late nineteenth and early twentieth century German society has concentrated overwhelmingly on life in the cities. By contrast, and despite the fact that almost one third of Germans were still working in agriculture as late as 1914, Germany's rural society remains relatively unexplored. …
Regulating Health and Safety in the British Mining Industries, 1800–1914
Inbunden, 2010
2588 kr
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This book explores the emergence and growth of state responsibility for safer and healthier working practices in British mining and the responses of labour and industry to expanding regulation and control. It begins with an assessment of working practice in the coal and metalliferous mining …
Gender and Rural Modernity
Farm Women and the Politics of Labor in Germany, 1871–1933
Inbunden, 2009
2588 kr
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By the end of the First World War, women's labor was viewed by contemporary observers as fundamental to the survival of family farms in Germany and consequently to the nation's economic and social stability. At the same time, however, the overburdening of farm women sparked increasingly acrimonious …
Foundations of the British Labour Party
Identities, Cultures and Perspectives, 1900-39
Inbunden, 2009
2588 kr
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Interest in the Labour Party remains high, particularly following the unprecedented election of a third successive Labour government and amidst the on-going controversies that surround the New Labour project. Increasingly, the ideological basis of the Labour Party has come under scrutiny, with some …
Foundations of the British Labour Party
Identities, Cultures and Perspectives, 1900-39
Häftad, 2016
892 kr
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Interest in the Labour Party remains high, particularly following the unprecedented election of a third successive Labour government and amidst the on-going controversies that surround the New Labour project. Increasingly, the ideological basis of the Labour Party has come under scrutiny, with some …
Jewish Workers and the Labour Movement
A Comparative Study of Amsterdam, London and Paris 1870-1914
Häftad, 2017
892 kr
Lägg i varukorg
During the late nineteenth century, many Jewish workers and intellectuals considered their integration into the general labour movement as a good way to counter the double disadvantage they suffered in society as Jews and workers. Whilst in Amsterdam this process encountered few obstacles, it was …
Working Out Gender
Perspectives from Labour History
Häftad, 2016
592 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Working out Gender brings together leading scholars and young researchers to examine the various ways in which gender is currently being used in labour history. Having been a dynamic and contentious category of historical analysis since the mid 1980s gender continues to incite much debate. This …
Contested Sites
Commemoration, Memorial and Popular Politics in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Av Paul A. Pickering, Alex Tyrrell
Häftad, 2017
952 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed a new phenomenon in public monuments and civic ornamentation. Whereas in former times public statuary had customarily been reserved for 'warriors and statesmen, kings and rulers of men', a new trend was emerging for towns to commemorate their own …
NUM and British Politics
Volume 2: 1969–1995
Häftad, 2016
592 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book is the second of two volumes examining the place of the National Union of Mineworkers in post-war British politics. Covering the years 1969 to 1995, it charts reactions to the pit closures programme of the late 1950s and 1960s and the development of the NUM's reputation as the union that …
Invisible Woman
Aspects of Women's Work in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Av Isabelle Baudino, Jacques Carré
Häftad, 2016
892 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Most social historians writing about working women in pre-nineteenth century Britain have tended to concentrate on fairly large groups, such as factory workers or domestic servants, often in an attempt to reach some conclusions regarding their standards of living and social position. Another …
Gender and Rural Modernity
Farm Women and the Politics of Labor in Germany, 1871–1933
Häftad, 2016
892 kr
Lägg i varukorg
By the end of the First World War, women's labor was viewed by contemporary observers as fundamental to the survival of family farms in Germany and consequently to the nation's economic and social stability. At the same time, however, the overburdening of farm women sparked increasingly acrimonious …
Centuries of Child Labour
European Experiences from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century
Häftad, 2017
787 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Most historical studies of child labour have tended to confirm a narrative which witnesses the gradual disappearance of child labour in Western Europe as politicians and social reformers introduced successive legislation, gradually removing children from the workplace. This approach fails to …
NUM and British Politics
Volume 1: 1944-1968
Häftad, 2016
427 kr
Lägg i varukorg
From its formation in 1944, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) was one of the most powerful and important players on the British political and industrial stage. Whilst the nation relied upon coal for its electricity production, domestic heating and railway transportation, the miners and their …
Towards a Comparative History of Coalfield Societies
Häftad, 2017
727 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Few areas of labour history have received as much attention as the coal industry, with miners often finding themselves at the centre of studies on working-class political and industrial history. Yet whilst much has been written about the struggles of miners and their unions in particular countries, …
Female Labour Power: Women Workers’ Influence on Business Practices in the British and American Cotton Industries, 1780–1860
Häftad, 2016
892 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Britain and America were the first two countries with mechanised cotton manufacturing industries, the first major factory systems of production and the first major employers of women outside of the domestic environment. The combination of being new wage earners in the first trans-national industry …
Women and Work Culture
Britain c.1850–1950
Av Louise A. Jackson, Krista Cowman
Häftad, 2017
727 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Women's work has proved to be an important and lively subject of debate for historians. An earlier focus on the pay, conditions and occupational opportunities of predominantly blue-collar working-class women has now been joined by an interest in other social groups (white-collar workers, clerical …
English Farmworkers and Local Patriotism, 1900–1930
Häftad, 2016
592 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This new study looks at the ways in which the years surrounding the First World War shaped the lives of the rural workforce in Britain and how the patriotism unleashed by the war was used by those in power to blur class divisions and build conservative attitudes in rural communities. Using the area …
