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Title: THE TRADE UNION BADGE
MATERIAL CULTURE IN ACTION
By: Paul Martin, Professor Susan Pearce
Format: Hardback

List price: £120.00


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ISBN 10: 0754603245
ISBN 13: 9780754603245
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Pub. date: 12 April, 2002
Series: Perspectives on Collecting
Pages: 228
Description: By studying the ephemeral and innocuous material culture of everyday, we reveal it as symbolic of greater sociocultural significance than its literal physicality suggests. This is a study of the historical and contemporary presence and persistence of the trade union badge.
Synopsis: Much of the nineteenth-century British labour movement was characterised by impressive membership emblems. The lapel badge emerged towards the end of the century and signalled a further outward expression of self-worth, affording the trade union member a personal symbol of a collective identity. This study of the history of the trade union badge provides an insight into the use and importance of visual symbolism in everyday life. It asserts the validity of such popular material culture as a lens through which to study underlying issues of identity and belonging, which are key themes in collecting. Whilst centred on the British trade union movement, the book draws substantially on Ireland, Australia and the USA for comparison, and to set the badge's importance in an international perspective.
Illustrations: Includes 20 b&w illustrations
Publication: UK
Imprint: Ashgate Publishing Limited
Returns: Returnable
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