Working Class in Mid Twentieth Century England Ben Jones 2012 Hardback Book

The Working Class in Mid-Twentieth-Century EnglandCommunity, Identity and Social Memory\nAuthor(s): Ben Jones\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Manchester University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Manchester University Press\nISBN-13: 9780719084737, 978-0719084737\nSynopsis\nThis book maps how working class life was transformed in England in the middle years of the twentieth century. National trends in employment, welfare and living standards are illuminated via a focus on Brighton, providing valuable new perspectives of class and community formation. Based on fresh archival research, life histories and contemporary social surveys, the book historicises important cultural and community studies which moulded popular perceptions of class and social change in the post-war period. It shows how council housing, slum clearance and demographic trends impacted on working-class families and communities. While suburbanisation transformed home life, leisure and patterns of association, there were .