This book reinterprets the British class structure and its evolution from the mid-nineteenth century until the 1980s. It provides a detailed empirical study of the growth of trade unions, and development of earnings differentials and patterns of class inter-marriage during this period, and uses this material to reassess theoretical questions of class consciousness, the notion of the 'traditional working class', and the ideas of a 'labour aristocracy'. A particular feature is that this book is part of the development of a ...
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This book reinterprets the British class structure and its evolution from the mid-nineteenth century until the 1980s. It provides a detailed empirical study of the growth of trade unions, and development of earnings differentials and patterns of class inter-marriage during this period, and uses this material to reassess theoretical questions of class consciousness, the notion of the 'traditional working class', and the ideas of a 'labour aristocracy'. A particular feature is that this book is part of the development of a mode of sociological analysis intended to be compatible with economic theory. Its primary focus is on the relationship between skilled and non-skilled manual workers. This 1984 suggests that an internal division of the manual working class on the basis of skill has been a persistent feature of economic relations since the late nineteenth century. It goes on to show, however, by the extensive analysis of inter marriage, that this economic division has not been translated into equivalent social boundaries.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN: 0521254558.
Add this copy of Skilled Workers in the Class Structure to cart. $41.38, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Cambridge University Press.
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Textual tables. Some rubbing to binding, minor page-edge soil, VG., dustwrapper. 24x15cm, x, 259 pp. Contents: Debates & Definitions: Orientations to the Analysis of Class in Britain; The Traditional Working Class; The Labour Aristocracy: Theoretical Orientations to Skill: Aspects of the Social Structure of Rochdale, 1856-1964; The Economic Structuration of Class: The Trade Union Structure in Rochdale Cotton & Engineering Industries; The Course of Wage Differentials in Rochdale During the Period 1856-1964; Skilled Manual Workers in the Labour Process; The Social Structuration of Class: Classes, Strata & Occupations; Class Analysis & Marital Endogamy; Intermarriage in Rochdale: Class Endogamy of Brides & Grooms; Intermarriage in Rochdale: Class Endogamy of Fathers of Brides & Fathers of Grooms; Skilled Manual Workers in the British Class Structure; Appendices.
