Classes, Cultures, and Politics

Essays on British History for Ross McKibbin
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-957988-4
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 666 g

A lively exploration of the key categories of politics, culture, and class
A fresh view of contemporary Britain
Evaluates Ross McKibbin's key contribution to the area

Classes, Culture, and Politics investigates those fields in British history that have been illustrated by the works of Ross McKibbin, one of the foremost historians of twentieth century Britain. Written by a distinguished team of scholars, it examines McKibbin's life and thought, and explores the implications of his arguments. One of his most important achievements has been to break down the artificial barriers that existed between 'social' and 'political' history, in order to enrich the writing of both; that legacy is reflected throughout this volume.

From international football to Liberal internationalism, from the hedonism of the early Labour party to the relationship between London cabbies and Thatcherism, this volume is an ambitious attempt to explore contemporary Britain, endeavouring to be as original, unsycophantic, rebarbative, and diverting as the historian whose work has inspired it.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of twentieth-century Britain; readers with a general interest in modern British politics or culture

Autoren/Hrsg.

Griffiths, Clare V. J.

Nott, James J.

Whyte, William Jr.

Whyte, William

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
INTRODUCING ROSS McKIBBIN
1: Boyd Hilton: Ross McKibbin: a biographical introduction
2: Peter Ghosh: The Guv'nor: the place of Ross McKibbin in the writing of British history
3: Peter Ghosh: Ross McKibbin: a bibliography
CLASSES
4: Paul Johnson: In Pursuit of Prudence: speculation, risk, and class in Victorian Britain
5: Andrezj Olechnowicz: Britain's 'Quasi-Magical' Monarchy in the mid-twentieth century?
6: Janet Howarth: Classes and Cultures in England after 1951: the case of working-class women
7: John Davis: The London Cabbie and the Rise of Essex Man
CULTURES
8: Tony Mason: Middle-Class Wanderers and Working-Class Professionals: the British and the growth of world football, 1899-1954
9: William Whyte: Just William? Richmal Crompton and Conservative fiction
10: Robert Colls: The People's Orwell
11: Joseph McAleer: Love, Romance, and the National Health Service
12: Peter Mandler: Being His Own Rabbit: Geoffrey Gorer and English culture
POLITICS
13: Gregg McClymont: The Cultural Politics of Tory Socialism: The Clarion in the labour movement during the 1890s
14: James J. Nott: 'The Plague Spots of London': William Joynson-Hicks, the Conservative Party, and the campaign against London's nightclubs, 1924-29
15: Martin Ceadel: Arthur Henderson: an evolving liberal internationalist among Labour little Englanders
16: Ben Jackson: An Ideology of Class: neo-liberalism and the Trade Unions, c.1930-79
17: Clare V. J. Griffiths: History and the Labour Party
REFLECTIONS
18: Emma Eadie: Communicating Interest
19: Rosemary Sweet: Despite His Choice of Jumpers
20: Eve Colpus: A Bicycle Tour of Memories
21: Mary-Kay Wilmers: A Chronicle
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Whyte, William
William Whyte is the author of Oxford Jackson: Architecture, Education, Status and Style (2006) and co-editor of Redefining Christian Britain (2007). He is currently writing a book on the architecture of Britain's modern universities.

Griffiths, Clare V. J.
Clare V. J. Griffiths is the author of Labour and the Countryside: The Politics of Rural Britain 1918-1939 (2007).

Nott, James J.
James J. Nott is the author of Music for the People: Popular Music and Dance in Interwar Britain (2002). He is currently writing a book on the history of dancing and dance halls in Britain, 1920-1960.

Clare V. J. Griffiths is the author of Labour and the Countryside: The Politics of Rural Britain 1918-1939 (2007).

James J. Nott is the author of Music for the People: Popular Music and Dance in Interwar Britain (2002). He is currently writing a book on the history of dancing and dance halls in Britain, 1920-1960.

William Whyte is the author of Oxford Jackson: Architecture, Education, Status and Style (2006) and co-editor of Redefining Christian Britain (2007). He is currently writing a book on the architecture of Britain's modern universities.

Contributors:
MARTIN CEADEL, fellow, tutor, and professor of politics at New College, Oxford
ROBERT COLLS, professor of English History at the University of Leicester
EVE COLPUS, a graduate student at New College, Oxford
JOHN DAVIS, fellow, praelector, and university lecturer in history at Queen's College, Oxford
EMMA EADIE, head of history at Loughborough High School
PETER GHOSH, fellow, tutor, and university lecturer in history at St Anne's College, Oxford
CLARE V. J. GRIFFITHS, senior lecturer in history at the University of Sheffield
BOYD HILTON, professor of history and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
JANET HOWARTH, fellow, tutor, and university lecturer in history at St Hilda's College, Oxford
BEN JACKSON, fellow, praelector, and university lecturer in history at University College, Oxford
PAUL JOHNSON, vice chancellor of La Trobe University
JOSEPH McALEER, independent scholar living in Connecticut
GREGG McCLYMONT, MP for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth, and Kirkintilloch East
PETER MANDLER, professor of history and fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
TONY MASON, emeritus professor of history at De Montfort University, Leicester
JAMES J. NOTT, lecturer in history at the University of St Andrews
ANDREZJ OLECHNOWICZ, lecturer in history at the University of Durham
ROSEMARY SWEET, professor of urban history at the University of Leicester
WILLIAM WHYTE, fellow, tutor, and university lecturer in history at St John's College, Oxford
MARY-KAY WILMERS, editor of The London Review of Books