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Visions of the People

Industrial England and the Question of Class, c.1848–1914

Patrick Joyce author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:21st Oct '93

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This book shows how the labouring poor of nineteenth-century industrial England saw the social order of which they were a part.

This is a study of how the labouring poor of nineteenth-century industrial England saw the social order of which they were a part. It attacks orthodoxies and sets up new questions by attending to a wide range of contemporary experience, from politics and work to language and art.

'Visions of the People is an immensely important work that opens up new avenues of historical enquiry and raises a number of critical questions that desperately need to be addressed. It will become a key point of reference for many years to come.' Social History
' … a powerful and pathbreaking book … one of those rare books which urges that we should look at our past in a new way.' The Times Higher Education Supplement
' … of consuming interest for all those concerned to understand Victorian England … a very important book.' The Times Literary Supplement

ISBN: 9780521447973

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm

Weight: 760g

464 pages