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Communities and Families

Communities and Families

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Part of Studying Family and Community History

  • Editor: J. Golby, The Open University, Milton Keynes
John Golby, Ruth Finnegan, Monica Shelley, Clive Emsley, Michael Drake, Ian Donnachie, Bernard Waites, David Murray, Kate Tillar, Terry Thomas, Brenda Collins
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  • Date Published: July 1994
  • availability: Unavailable - out of print May 2011
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521465793

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  • Communities and Families, the third volume in Studying Family and Community History, opens with a series of case studies of various occupations and goes on to examine social mobility and aspects of community life such as local politics, religion and leisure activities. Suggestions for individual research are provided throughout the book.

    • Enables local history researchers, amateur and professional, to set their findings in a wider context
    • Fully illustrated, with two-colour printing throughout
    • Explains the practicalities of undertaking family and community history in a clear, direct and structured sequence
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    • Date Published: July 1994
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521465793
    • length: 256 pages
    • dimensions: 247 x 189 x 19 mm
    • weight: 0.735kg
    • availability: Unavailable - out of print May 2011
  • Table of Contents

    Lists of figures and tables
    Contributors
    Preface
    Introduction John Golby
    Part I. Work and Occupations:
    1. Ideas and debates on work John Golby
    2. Work case studies: individual examples Monica Shelley, John Golby, Clive Emsley
    3. Work case studies: some occupations and roles Michael Drake, John Golby, Ruth Finnegan
    4. Work and community: changing occupational profiles Ian Donnachie
    Part II. Class, Mobility and Local Politics:
    5. Social mobility Bernard Waites, Michael Drake, Ruth Finnegan
    6. Parliamentary elections and community history Michael Drake
    7. Local elections in the 1920s and 1930s: Northampton David Murray
    Part III. Religion, Culture and Leisure:
    8. Family, community and religion Kate Tiller, Terry Thomas, Brenda Collins
    9. Cultural life John Golby
    Part IV. Reflecting on the Issues:
    10. Conclusion John Golby, Ruth Finnegan
    Exercises: answers and comments
    Acknowledgements
    Index.

  • Editor

    J. Golby, The Open University, Milton Keynes

    Contributors

    John Golby, Ruth Finnegan, Monica Shelley, Clive Emsley, Michael Drake, Ian Donnachie, Bernard Waites, David Murray, Kate Tillar, Terry Thomas, Brenda Collins

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