Between Class and Elite: The Evolution of the British Labour Movement. By Zygmunt Bauman. (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1972. Pp. 334. £.4.80.) - The Post-War History of the British Working Class. By Allen Hutt. (New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1972. Pp. 316. $12.50.)

1975 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 295-297
Author(s):  
J. M. Winter
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Labour Movement ◽  
Zygmunt Bauman ◽  
British Labour ◽  
History Of ◽  
Post War

scholarly journals British Labour and the Confederacy

1957 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Royden Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Working Class ◽  
International Relations ◽  
American Civil War ◽  
Ruling Class ◽  
Labour Movement ◽  
Class Project ◽  
British Labour ◽  
History Of

There are few legends relating to the history of the Labour Movement which have enjoyed the influence and popularity of the story of how British workmen responded to the American Civil War. Their supposed unanimity in opposition to the Slave Power and their resistance to every ruling class project for intervention on its behalf were thought to be a serviceable example and inspiration, not only by the stalwarts of the International and the Reform League, but by the organisers of the anti-war campaigns of 1878 and after. Even today a writer on „Peaceful Co-existence” finds it an instructive example of the power of the working class in international relations.

Working-Class Fictions

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Social Realism ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Reading Public ◽  
Industrial Community ◽  
Working People ◽  
History Of ◽  
Post War ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Exciting Wave

This chapter explores why working-class fictions flourished in the period from the late 1950s through to the early 1970s and the distinctive contributions that they made to the post-war British and Irish novel. These writers of working-class fiction were celebrated for their bold, socially realistic, and often candid depictions of the lives and desires of ordinary working people. Their works were seen to herald a new and exciting wave of gritty social realism. The narrative focus on the individual signalled a shift in the history of working-class writing away from the plot staples of strikes and the industrial community, striking a chord with a post-war reading public keen to see ordinary lives represented in books in a complex and realistic manner. The cultural significance of such novels was enhanced as they were adapted in quick succession for a mass cinema audience by a group of radical film-makers.

Concluding remarks

2018 ◽  
pp. 271-279
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Labour Party ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Labour Movement ◽  
Common Concern ◽  
The Future ◽  
British Labour ◽  
Different Levels

The conclusion begins with an overview of the way the chapters in the volume have offered an exploration of three different levels of conflict – intra-organisational tensions, tensions which exist between different types of organisations, and tensions between labour organisations and spontaneous working-class protests – to collectively provide explanations to the paradoxes affecting the Labour movement. It then stresses the benefits of the volume’s integrated and multidisciplinary approach of the labour movement, underlining the fact that the contributors share a common concern for the future of the British labour movement. In the following section the conclusion ponders the future prospects for the labour movement and the Labour Party, sketching a number of possible scenarios. It stresses the fact that visions of the future differ according to political positioning. It then highlights the shared conviction of the contributors that class remains relevant as an analytical tool.

Surviving the City: The Chinese Immigrant Experience in New York City, 1890–1970. By Xinyang Wang. [Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001. 157 pp. $17.95. ISBN 0-7425-0891-9.]

2003 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 214-251
Author(s):  
Bernard P. Wong
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Chinese Immigrant ◽  
Group Solidarity ◽  
Labour Movement ◽  
Economic Forces ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City ◽  
Selection Of

The author, Xinyang Wang, is a social historian who reassesses the history of early Chinese immigrants in New York City, departing from the ethnic-heritage and racism analyses of immigrants' adaptation to America. Instead, he pursues an actor-oriented approach, showing how economic forces played an important part in the decision-making activities of the immigrants, such as the selection of neighbourhoods for settlement, participation in the labour movement, return to China, and intensification of intra-group solidarity.

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