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USEFUL TOIL
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF WORKING PEOPLE FROM THE 1820'S TO THE 1920'S |
| By: |
Professor John Burnett |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£44.99 |
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£43.64 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0415103991 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780415103992 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
30 June, 1994 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Pages: |
400 |
| Description: |
Focusing on the "ordinary" people of the 19th century, this book comprises 27 extracts from the diaries and autobiographies of working people. These tell of their working experiences, as well as their hopes and their fears, and reveal the essence of their attitudes, values and beliefs. |
| Synopsis: |
Useful Toil engages freshly and directly with the 'ordinary' people of the nineteenth century. John Burnett has assembled twenty seven telling extracts from the diaries and autobiographies of working people - wheelwrights and stone-masons, miners and munition workers, butlers and kitchen maids, navvies, carpenters, potters and ship assistants to list only a few. The men and women who speak in these pages concentrate on their working experiences, though they also write about their homes and their fears. They thus reveal, often unconsciously, the essence of their attitudes, values and beliefs. Burnett's broad and sympathetic introductions focus and contextualise the wealth of material. These stories provide the antithesis of 'great name' history, yet they constantly touch on human experiences that are timeless and universal. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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