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An Artisan Elite in Victorian Society: Kentish London 1840-1880 - Routledge Library Editions: The Victorian World Geoffrey Crossick 1st edition
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An Artisan Elite in Victorian Society: Kentish London 1840-1880 - Routledge Library Editions: The Victorian World
Geoffrey Crossick
First published in 1978. Mid-Victorian Britain was relatively stable in comparison with the turbulent period that preceded it, and that stability is in part explained by the emergence of an artisan elite with a specific relationship to the society around it. This book examines that elite: its clubs and societies, co-operatives and building societies; its values and ideology, challenging the notion that these artisans directly absorbed middle-class values; its politics, tracing the evolution from Chartism through the Reform League and on to a radical liberalism which existed in constant tension with the local liberal middle class.
A careful reconstruction of the social, political and industrial life of these artisans is set within the context of the local communities, and their understanding of the mid-Victorian society in which they lived is seen as the explanation for their values and activities. This title makes a major contribution towards our understanding of the nineteenth-century working class.
306 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 8, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138647084 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 306 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 500 g |
| Language | English |
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