1st Edition
Understanding Post-War British Society
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Routledge
232 Pages
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Routledge
232 Pages
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Routledge
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Too many sociology textbooks begin and end with how society is structured. To understand how society operates it is necessary to explore not only its constituent structures and relationships, but how these structures emerge and why changes occur within them. By bringing together a group of distinguished sociologists and social historians, this book critically appraises the usefulness of current... Read more
List of figures, List of tables, List of contributors, Introduction: Understanding British society, 1 Trends in post-war British social history, 2 Elements of demographic change in Britain since 1945, 3 Political sociology 1945–92, 4 The family in post-war Britain, 5 Women in Britain since 1945: companionate marriage and the double burden, 6 Old age and gerontology, 7 Employment and industrial structure, 8 Non-manual labour, 9 Poverty in post-war Britain, 10 Aspects of education in post-war Britain, 11 Consumption, 12 Food and nutrition in post-war Britain, 13 Religion in post-war Britain: a sociological view, 14 The arts, books, media and entertainments in Britain since 1945, 15 Gender inequalities in leisure and sport in post-war Britain, Index
Biography
Peter Catterall, James Obelkevich
`This collection of essays is valuable ...' - British Jrnl of Sociology
`.. brings together the perspectives of leading sociologits and social historians to understand the shaping of British society.' - Contact
`This introductory textbook brings together fifteen essays b sociologists and social historians on major developments in post -war British society ...' - Intl Review of Social History Amsterdam
`What the contributors do revealis the general lack of research-based historical writing on this period, however, the often helpful references which follow each paper do point students to such sources as do exist.' - Getting up to Date.
