Classes, Cultures, and Politics Essays on British History for Ross McKibbin

by Griffiths, Clare V. J.; Nott, James J.; Whyte, William

• ISBN13: 9780199579884
• ISBN10: 0199579881
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-06-04
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Classes, Culture, and Politicsinvestigates 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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. xi
List of Abbreviations	p. xii
Introduction
Riss McKibbibn: A Biographical Introduction	p. 2
The Guv'nor: The Place of Ross McKibbin in the Writing of British History	p. 13
Ross McKibbin: A Bibliography	p. 50
Classes
In Pursuit of Prudence: Speculation, Risk, and Class in Victorian Britain	p. 59
Britain's 'Quasi-Magical' Monarchy in the Mid-Twentieth Century?	p. 70
Classes and Cultures in England after 1951: The Case of Working-Class Women	p. 85
The London Cabbie and the Rise of Essex Man	p. 102
Cultures
Middle-Class Wanderers and Working-Class Professionals: The British and the Growth of World Football 1899-1954	p. 121
Just William? Richmal Crompton and Conservative Fiction	p. 139
The People's Orwell	p. 155
Love, Romance, and the National Health Service	p. 173
Being His Own Rabbit: Geoffrey Gorer and English Culture	p. 192
Politics
The Cultural Politics of Tory Socialism: The Clarion in the Labour Movement During the 1980s	p. 211
'The Plague Spots of London': William Joynson-Hicks, the Conservative Party, and the Campaign against London's Nightclubs, 1924-29	p. 227
Arthur Henderson: An Evolving Liberal Internationalist among Labour Little-Englanders	p. 247
An Ideolgoy of Class: Neo-Liberalism and the Trade Unions, c. 1930-79	p. 263
History and the Labour Party	p. 282
Reflections
Communicating Interest	p. 309
Despite His Choice of Jumpers	p. 307
A Bicycle Tour of Memories	p. 309
A Chronicle	p. 311
Index	p. 313
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