1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954486003321

Autore

Savage Michael <1959->

Titolo

The remaking of the British working class, 1840-1940 / / Mike Savage and Andrew Miles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1994

ISBN

1-134-90681-1

0-585-45228-8

1-280-05212-0

0-203-41662-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (117 p.)

Collana

Historical connections

Altri autori (Persone)

MilesAndrew <1961->

Disciplina

305.5/62/0941

Soggetti

Working class - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Working class - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [91]-100) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Remaking of the British Working Class, 1840-1940; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables and figures; Series editors' preface; Introduction and acknowledgements; 1 Politics and the British working class; Labour history; The social history of class; The turn against social class; Class analysis reclaimed; 2 Occupational change, income and demographic class formation; Occupational structure; Income inequality and labour market divisions; Social mobility and the working class; Conclusions; 3 Workplace independence and economic restructuring

Mid-Victorian capitalismThe development of impersonal capitalism, 1880-1950; Conclusions; 4 Working-class formation and the city; Middle-class hegemony in the Victorian industrial city; The rise of the working-class neighbourhood, 1880-1920; Urban change after 1914; Conclusions; 5 Working-class politics; The new revisionism: historians and the Labour Party; The rise of Labour, 1880-1918; The moment of trade union militancy, 1910-1926; Reversal and retreat, 1931-1942; Conclusions; Bibliography; Name index; Place and subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Mike Savage and Andrew Miles provide a comprehensive introduction to the working class in Britain in the years after 1840. This textbook: *



Includes a provocative, timely and clear defence of class analysis * Breaks new ground in showing how social mobility and urban change affected working class formation * Demonstrates how the history of the working class is politically reconstructed * Shows how class and gender interact in mediating social and political change

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910964033903321

Titolo

Landmines and human security : international politics and war's hidden legacy / / edited by Richard A. Matthew, Bryan McDonald, and Kenneth R. Rutherford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2004

ISBN

0-7914-8399-1

1-4237-4018-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in global politics

Altri autori (Persone)

MatthewRichard A. <1959->

McDonaldBryan (Bryan L.)

RutherfordKen <1962->

Disciplina

327.1/743

Soggetti

Land mines (International law)

Arms control - International cooperation

Land mine victims

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""LANDMINES AND HUMAN SECURITY""; ""Contents""; ""Forewords""; ""HER MAJESTY QUEEN NOOR""; ""THE HONORABLE LLOYD AXWORTHY""; ""LADY HEATHER MILLS MCCARTNEY AND SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY""; ""SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part I: The Global Landmine Crisis""; ""1. Human Security and the Mine Ban Movement I: Introduction by RICHARD A. MATTHEW""; ""2. The Global Landmine Crisis in the 1990's by BRYAN MCDONALD""; ""3. Evaluating the Impacts of the Ottawa Treaty by LEAH FRASER""; ""Part II: Perspectives on the Mine Ban Movement""

""4. Nongovernmental Organizations and the Landmine Ban by



KENNETH R. RUTHERFORD""""5. Clearing the Path to a Mine-Free World: Implementing the Ottawa Convention by KERRY BRINKERT AND KEVIN HAMILTON""; ""6. Europe and the Ottawa Treaty: Compliance with Exceptions and Loopholes by PAUL CHAMBERLAIN AND DAVID LONG""; ""7. Perspective from a Mine-Affected Country: Mozambique by CARLOS DOS SANTOS""; ""8. Victim Assistance: Landmine Survivors Perspectives by RAQUEL WILLERMAN""; ""Part III: Related Issues: Demining and Victim Assistance""; ""9. Political Minefield by MICHAEL J. FLYNN""

""16. A Necessary Evil?: Reexamining the Military Utility of Antipersonnel Landmines by TED GAULIN""""17. Are Landmines Still Needed to Defend South Korea?: A Mine Use Case Study by J. ANTONIO OHE""; ""Part IV: Implications of the Mine Ban Movement""; ""18. The Campaign to Ban Antipersonnel Landmines: Potential Lessons by STEPHEN GOOSE AND JODY WILLIAMS""; ""19. The Campaign to Ban Antipersonnel Landmines and Global Civil Society by PAUL WAPNER""; ""20. Human Security and the Mine Ban Movement II: Conclusions by RICHARD A. MATTHEW""; ""Contributors""; ""Index"";

""SUNY series in Global Politics""

Sommario/riassunto

Recounts and evaluates the worldwide effort to ban landmines.