Doing Working-Class History

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<p>Economic and political uncertainty has brought the language of class¿especially discussion of the working class¿to a broad audience across scholarship and social debate. This introductory volume shows how the history of the working class has, is, and can be researched, written, and represented.</p><p>The book is structured in three parts: Perspective, Context, and Application. Each offers an introduction to both classic historiography and new ideas and methodologies. With chapters covering a span of the years c.1750 ¿ present, the book focuses on three essential questions: 1. What is working-class history and what should it become? 2. What can a focus on working-class history reveal? 3. What are the possibilities of this research in the University classroom, the heritage world, and beyond? </p><p><i>Doing Working-Class History</i> will appeal to students and scholars of working-class history, whether relative newcomers to the field or veteran researchers interested in new approaches