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Burnett, Proffessor John; Burnett, John

 
9781138162716: Useful Toil: Autobiographies of Working People from the 1820s to the 1920s
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ISBN 10 : 113816271X ISBN 13 : 9781138162716
Editeur : Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

Useful Toil engages freshly and directly with the `ordinary' people of the nineteenth century. John Burnett has assembled twenty seven telling extracts from the diaries and autobiographies of working people - wheelwrights and stone-masons, miners and munition workers, butlers and kitchen maids, navvies, carpenters, potters and ship assistants to list only a few. The men and women who speak in these pages concentrate on their working experiences, though they also write about their homes and their fears. They thus reveal, often unconsciously, the essence of their attitudes, values and beliefs.
Burnett's broad and sympathetic introductions focus and contextualise the wealth of material. These stories provide the antithesis of `great name' history, yet they constantly touch on human experiences that are timeless and universal.

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À propos de l'auteur

John Burnett

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
113816271X
ISBN 13 
9781138162716
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
400
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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