King Labour: The British Working Class, 1850-1914

ISBN-13: 9781138352100 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 180 str.

David Kynaston

Opis

First published in 1976. This book covers working-class history from the decline of Chartism to the formation of the Labour Party and its early development to 1914. The book is designed for students studying the political, social and economic background to modern Britain as well as those specialising in nineteenth-century English history.

O autorze

David Kynaston was born in Aldershot in 1951. He has been a professional historian since 1973 and has written eighteen books, including The City of London (1994-2001), a widely acclaimed four-volume history, and W.G.'s Birthday Party, an account of the Gentleman vs. the Players at Lord's in July 1898. He is the author of Austerity Britain, 1945-51, the first title in a series of books covering the history of post-war Britain (1945-1979) under the collective title 'Tales of a New Jerusalem'. He is currently a visiting professor at Kingston University.