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The 1926 Miners' Lockout

Meanings of Community in the Durham Coalfield

By: Hester Barron

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The 1926 Miners' Lockout

Meanings of Community in the Durham Coalfield

By: Hester Barron

The miners' lockout of 1926 was a pivotal moment in British twentieth-century history. Investigating issues of collective identity and action, Hester Barron explores the way that the lockout was experienced by Durham's miners and their families, illuminating wider debates about solidarity and fragmentation within working-class communities.

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Oxford University Press

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0199575045

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The social world of the school

Education and community in interwar London

By: Hester Barron

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The social world of the school

Education and community in interwar London

By: Hester Barron

This book shows why the study of schooling matters to the history of twentieth-century Britain, integrating the history of education within the wider concerns of modern social history. Drawing on a rich array of archival and autobiographical sources, it captures in vivid detail the individual moments that made up the minutiae of classroom life. It focuses on elementary education in interwar London, arguing that schools were grounded in their local communities as lynchpins of social life and drivers of change. Exploring crucial questions around identity and belonging, poverty and aspiration, class and culture, behaviour and citizenship, it provides vital context for twenty-first century debates about education and society, showing how the same concerns were framed a century ago.

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Manchester University Press

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1526150743

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9781526150745

Making an Impact

Children and Domestic Violence : a Reader

By: Marianne Hester

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Making an Impact

Children and Domestic Violence : a Reader

By: Marianne Hester

Previously published under the author, Marianne Hester.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1843101572

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9781843101574

The News from Seneca - 1888 - 1918 - as Reported in the Keowee Courier

By: John Ashton Hester

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The News from Seneca - 1888 - 1918 - as Reported in the Keowee Courier

By: John Ashton Hester

In the late 1800s and early 1900s the Keowee Courier was Oconee County's dominant newspaper. An important aspect of the Courier was weekly reports by community correspondents from throughout the county, who would tell about the day-to-day goings-on in their communities. One of those communities, of course, was Seneca, and this book consists of a compilation of news reports from the Seneca correspondents, spanning the period 1888-1918, specifically from the years 1888, 1889, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 1911, 1914 and 1918. Although several excellent Seneca history books have been published, the author feels that this book will add an extra dimension by focusing on the day-to-day, week-to-week, year-to-year goings on as Senecaites (as they were called back then) adapted to the coming of cotton mills, automobiles, electric lights, etc.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1669862674

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9781669862673

News Around Westminster (1888-1909)

As Reported in the Keowee Courier

By: John Ashton Hester

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News Around Westminster (1888-1909)

As Reported in the Keowee Courier

By: John Ashton Hester

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, the Keowee Courier always had a Westminster correspondent who would write a column each week reporting the goings-on in the town. This book contains selected items from those columns during the years 1888-1909. The reader can follow the development of the town, as wooden buildings gave way to brick buildings, horse-or-mule-drawn wagons and buggies gave way to automobiles--the first of which drove through town in 1902, stores began using gasoline engines to generate electric lighting, and industrial development included a shuttle and bobbin factory, a cotton mill, and a knitting mill. The school and churches were centers of activities. The economy largely depended on the cotton crop. Too much or too little rain could be devastating. Too much cotton on the market brought a lower price. Fortunately, the boll weevil had not yet arrived. . .This book will give the reader insight into what day-to-day life was like in Westminster during the town's early years.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1796096822

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9781796096828

News from Oconee Rural Communities 1888-1909

By: John Ashton Hester

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News from Oconee Rural Communities 1888-1909

By: John Ashton Hester

This book--the fourteenth in a series of books containing news reports from the Keowee Courier over its 170-year history--consists of news from rural communities from throughout Oconee County during the years 1888-1909. It does not include any news from the three largest towns--Seneca, Walhalla (including West Union) and Westminster, because they have all been featured in previous books in the series. By the author's count, the Courier received reports, at one time or another, from 81 different rural communities during the 22-year period covered by this book. The reports were sporadic. For instance, a community might have a faithful correspondent for a while, who would submit a report nearly every week, but then he or she would quit, and there might not be another report for weeks, or months. There was one subject that nearly every report from every part of the county would include: the current status of the crops in that community. Reports also nearly always included information about church and school activities. . .This book will give the reader insight into what day-to-day life was like in rural Oconee County during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1664120084

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9781664120082

After Work

A History of the Home and the Fight for Free Time

By: Helen Hester,Nick Srnicek

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After Work

A History of the Home and the Fight for Free Time

By: Helen Hester,Nick Srnicek

Does it ever feel like you have no free time? You come home after work and instead of finding a space of rest and relaxation, you're confronted by a pile of new tasks to complete - cooking, cleaning, looking after the kids, and so on. In this ground-breaking book, Helen Hester and Nick Srnicek lay out how unpaid work in our homes has come to take up an ever-increasing portion of our lives - how the vacuum of free time has been taken up by vacuuming. Examining the history of the home over the past century - from running water to white goods to smart homes - they show how repeated efforts to reduce the burden of this work have faced a variety of barriers, challenges, and reversals. Charting the trajectory of our domestic spaces over the past century, Hester and Srnicek consider new possibilities for the future, uncovering the abandoned ideas of anti-housework visionaries and sketching out a path towards real free time for all, where everyone is at liberty to pursue their passions, or do nothing at all. It will require rethinking our living arrangements, our expectations and our cities.

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Verso Books

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1786633108

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9781786633101

Looking Back

A Journey Through the Pages of the Keowee Courier for the Years 1950–1955

By: John Ashton Hester

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Looking Back

A Journey Through the Pages of the Keowee Courier for the Years 1950–1955

By: John Ashton Hester

This book chronicles the day-to-day life in Oconee County, South Carolina, especially Walhalla and surrounding areas, from 1950 to 1955, as reported in the Keowee Courier, a small weekly newspaper located in Walhalla. Theres a lot about local government in action, local sports, the ever-continuing war on moonshine liquor manufacturers, social gatherings, etc. The Keowee Courier, founded in 1849, is upstate South Carolinas second oldest newspaper, second only to the Abbeville County Press and Banner/Abbeville Medium, which was founded in 1844. In fact, the Courier is the oldest newspaper that has had the same name since its inception.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1524567485

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9781524567484

100 Things LSU Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

By: Ross Dellenger,Ron Higgins,Jacob Hester

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100 Things LSU Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

By: Ross Dellenger,Ron Higgins,Jacob Hester

With traditions, records, and Tigers lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Louisiana State University fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, behind-the-scenes tales, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by players like Y.A. Tittle, Tommy Casanova, Alan Faneca, Odell Beckham Jr., and Leonard Fournette. Covering the championship eras of Paul Dietzel, Nick Saban, Les Miles, and plenty more, this is the ultimate resource guide for all LSU faithful.

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Triumph Books

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1641253584

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9781641253581

Oil Beach

How Toxic Infrastructure Threatens Life in the Ports of Los Angeles and Beyond

By: Christina Dunbar-Hester

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Oil Beach

How Toxic Infrastructure Threatens Life in the Ports of Los Angeles and Beyond

By: Christina Dunbar-Hester

In this engaging interdisciplinary investigation, Christina Dunbar-Hester, a leading scholar in the area of democratic control of technologies, focuses on the relationships between commerce, environment, and nonhuman life forms in San Pedro Bay, which houses the contiguous ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. The harbor is a heavily industrialized area built atop a land- and waterscape that is important for wildlife, containing estuarial wetlands, the LA river mouth, and a marine ecology where colder and warmer Pacific Ocean waters meet. This is a unique spot for industry too--this port complex is amongst the top-ten biggest container ports in the world, and the harbor is also home to major oil operations. Dunbar-Hester, a professor of Science & Technology Studies and Communication at the University of Southern California, centers her account on multispecies life in the period of about 1960 to the present, which coincides with the era of modern environmental regulation in the United States. Focusing on cetaceans, bananas, sea birds, and otters whose lives are intertwined with the vitality of the port complex itself, Dunbar--Hester reveals how logistics infrastructure destroys ecologies as it circulates goods and capital--and helps readers to consider a future where the accumulation of life and the accumulation of capital are not in violent tension"--

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University of Chicago Press

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022681971X

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9780226819716

Pharmaceuticals in the Environment

Volume 41

By: R. E. Hester,R. M. Harrison

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Pharmaceuticals in the Environment

Volume 41

By: R. E. Hester,R. M. Harrison

An important reference for researchers in the pharmaceutical industry, environmentalists and policy makers wanting to better understand the impacts of pharmaceuticals on the environment.

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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178262189X

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9781782621898

Mothering Through Domestic Violence

By: Lorraine Radford,Marianne Hester

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Mothering Through Domestic Violence

By: Lorraine Radford,Marianne Hester

Based on findings from six primary research studies carried out by the authors themselves, as well as other published research, this book reveals how undermining mothering plays a key role in locking women into abusive relationships and exacerbating the damage done by domestic violence.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1843104733

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9781843104735

Looking Back

A Journey Through the Pages of the Keowee Courier for the Years 1888, 1907, 1911 and 1914

By: Ashton Hester

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A Journey Through the Pages of the Keowee Courier for the Years 1888, 1907, 1911 and 1914

By: Ashton Hester

The Keowee Courier, a small weekly newspaper located in Walhalla, South Carolina, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, was founded in 1849 and has published continuously ever since then, except for a brief interruption of two or three years during the Civil War. In fact, the editor and publisher of the paper, Robert A. Thompson, was one of the signers of the ordinance of secession in 1860, whereby South Carolina seceded from the union. In fact, Mr. Thompsonwho later in life was awarded the honorary title of Colonelwas the last of the 160 signers to die, in 1914. This book contains highlights from the Keowee Courier during four representative years1888, 1907, 1911 and 1914. The author, long-time reporter/photographer/editor Ashton Hester, would like to compile another book or two, containing more years, if health and stamina permit.

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351

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Xlibris Corporation

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1503573303

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9781503573307

A Sociology of Crime

Second edition

By: Stephen Hester,Peter Eglin

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A Sociology of Crime

Second edition

By: Stephen Hester,Peter Eglin

A Sociology of Crime has an outstanding reputation for its distinctive and systematic contribution to the criminological literature. Through detailed examples and analysis, it shows how crime is a product of processes of criminalisation constituted through the interactional and organizational use of language. In this welcome second edition, the book reviews and evaluates the current state of criminological theory from this "grammatical" perspective. It maintains and develops its critical and subversive stance but greatly widens its theoretical range, including dedicated chapters on gender, race, class and the post-als including postcolonialism. It now also provides questions, exercises and further readings alongside its detailed analysis of a set of international examples, both classical and contemporary.

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Routledge

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1317336704

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9781317336709

Hold, Please

Stage Managing A Pandemic

By: Richard Hester

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Hold, Please

Stage Managing A Pandemic

By: Richard Hester

A Broadway Stage Manager's pandemic memoir! Winner of the 2022 International Impact Book Award Winner and the 2022 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award! March 12, 2020 Last night, after weeks of downplaying and ridiculing the virus, we were finally told by our President, that it is, in fact, serious… And so, it began. Broadway shut down. Instead of sitting in a darkened theatre every night watching Jersey Boys, Richard Hester, like many other people, found himself sitting on his sofa glued to the news, As the days that followed unfolded and turned into weeks and then into months, we all experienced a profound seismic shift. The virus spread, infecting millions. We lost friends and family. Our economies shut down. Our jobs either stopped or changed in radical ways. The senseless murder of George Floyd forced us to take a hard look at who we are and how we treat each other. The Presidential election, drove the country so far apart that it threatened to destroy Democracy, itself. Hold, Please chronicles it all from the particular point of view of a career Broadway stage manager living in Manhattan. Part journal, part blog, these essays attempted to make sense of the crisis and what it was doing to us. By the end, everything had changed. What follows is a journey through one of the most fascinating periods in both our cultural and our personal histories. Written with humor and compassion, Hold, Please provides a unique perspective on this time and delivers the most important lesson of all - Hope. “I’ve watched Richard create order out of chaos for years, so it comes as no surprise when he was able to do it again with these beautiful posts. Together they create a powerful reminder of where we’ve been as well as a thoughtful and compassionate guide for moving ahead.” - Bernadette Peters “It is no surprise to me that Richard Hester is an exquisite companion as he insightfully guides us on the journey through the strange isolation of that endless pandemic. The Elizabethan theatre was frequently shut down because of the Black Death, and I’ve often tried to imagine how the players of that time managed to cope with the stress. Richard’s book makes it vividly clear.” - Des McAnuff, Director “I am so grateful that Richard wrote all of this down so that I don’t have to remember it myself.” - Patti LuPone “Thank you for taking my suggestion seriously (Imaa need you to file these and publish a book good sir.) because we are all better for it.” - Ariana DeBose “Richard Hester is a saint as far as I’m concerned. Anything he writes I would read, however I haven’t had the time to read his book yet as my first grandchild was just born. As soon as I stop changing diapers, Richard’s book is the first thing I’m reading!” - Mandy Patinkin “I have always been in awe of Richard Hester's gift as a storyteller. He has beautifully crafted a diary that reminds us of the journey we have been on for the past two years, and with this book given us the courage to carry on with hope and faith.” - Sergio Trujillo - Director/Choreographer “(Hester) describes such experiences in a warm, conversational tone in a book in which his lyrical writing about the natural world adds dimension to humorous stories about working—and not working—from home....Hester interweaves descriptions of living through Covid-19 with stories of his colorful theatrical career…” - Kirkus Reviews

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995

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Sordelet Ink

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1944540989

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9781944540982

Systemic Thinking

Fundamentals for Understanding Problems and Messes

By: Patrick T. Hester,Kevin MacG. Adams

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Systemic Thinking

Fundamentals for Understanding Problems and Messes

By: Patrick T. Hester,Kevin MacG. Adams

Whether you’re an academic or a practitioner, a sociologist, a manager, or an engineer, one can benefit from learning to think systemically. Problems (and messes) are everywhere and they’re getting more complicated every day. How we think about these problems determines whether or not we’ll be successful in understanding and addressing them. This book presents a novel way to think about problems (and messes) necessary to attack these always-present concerns. The approach draws from disciplines as diverse as mathematics, biology and psychology to provide a holistic method for dealing with problems that can be applied to any discipline. This book develops the systemic thinking paradigm, and introduces practical guidelines for the deployment of a systemic thinking approach.

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Springer

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3319076299

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9783319076294

Jack Hanna's Ultimate Guide to Pets

By: Jack Hanna,Hester Mundis

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Jack Hanna's Ultimate Guide to Pets

By: Jack Hanna,Hester Mundis

A guide to pet selection, care, and feeding also provides tips on choosing a veterinarian and training a pet.

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Perigee Trade

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0399523448

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9780399523441

The 1926 Miners' Lockout

Meanings of Community in the Durham Coalfield

By: Hester Barron

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The 1926 Miners' Lockout

Meanings of Community in the Durham Coalfield

By: Hester Barron

The miners' lockout of 1926 was a pivotal moment in British twentieth-century history. Opening with the heady days of the general strike, it continued for seven months and affected one million miners. In County Durham, where almost three in every ten adult men worked in the coal industry, its impact was profound. Hester Barron explores the way that the lockout was experienced by Durham's miners and their families. She investigates collective values and behaviour, focusing particularly on the tensions between identities based around class and occupation, and the rival identities that could cut across the creation of a cohesive community. Highlighting the continuing importance of differences due to gender, age, religion, poverty, and individual hopes and aspirations, she nevertheless finds that in 1926, despite such differences, the Durham coalfield continued to display the solidarity for which miners were famed. In response, Barron argues that the very concept of the 'mining community' needs to be reassessed. Rather than consisting of an homogeneous occupational identity, she suggests that the essence of community lay in its ability to subsume and integrate other categories of identity. A collective consciousness was further grounded in a shared historical narrative that had to be continually reinforced. It was the strength of such local solidarities that enabled both an exemplary regional response to the strike, and the ability to conceptualise such action within the wider framework of the national union. The 1926 Miners' Lockout provides crucial insights into issues of collective identity and collective action, illuminating wider debates about solidarity and fragmentation within working-class communities and cultures.

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OUP Oxford

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0191572411

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9780191572418

The social world of the school

Education and community in interwar London

By: Hester Barron

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Education and community in interwar London

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Manchester University Press

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1526150743

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Class of '37

‘A wonderful rear-view glimpse of [a] vanishing world’ – Simon Garfield. Longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize

By: Hester Barron,Claire Langhamer

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Class of '37

‘A wonderful rear-view glimpse of [a] vanishing world’ – Simon Garfield. Longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize

By: Hester Barron,Claire Langhamer

LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE ___ 'A moving microhistory of working-class girlhood' BBC History Magazine ___ It is 1937 in a northern mill-town and a class of twelve- and thirteen-year-old girls are writing about their lives, their world, and the things that matter to them. They tell of cobbled streets and crowded homes; the Coronation festivities and holidays to Blackpool; laughter and fun alongside poverty and hardship. They are destined for the cotton mill but they dream of being film stars. Class of '37 uses the writing of these young girls, as collected by the research organisation Mass Observation, to rediscover this lost world, transporting readers back in time to a smoky industrial town in an era before the introduction of a Welfare State, where once again the clouds of war were beginning to gather. Woven within this rich, authentic history are the twists and turns of the girls' lives from childhood to beyond, from their happiest times to the most heart-breaking of their sorrows. A compelling social history, this intimate reconstruction of working-class life in 1930s Britain is a haunting and emotional account of a bygone age. ___ Praise for Class of '37 'A treasure trove of childhood' - i paper 'A fascinating account' - Bolton News 'We're used to Mass Observation revealing adult treasures, but to have them from these irrepressible children is doubly rewarding. An engrossing and gently heart-breaking insight into this chatter of still lives before everything changed, and a wonderful rear-view glimpse of their vanishing world' - Simon Garfield 'Characters [...] shine brightly from every page' - Daily Mail

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Metro Publishing

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1789464064

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9781789464061

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