English Farmworkers and Local Patriotism, 1900–1930

About the author

Nicholas Mansfield

Summary

Relating the history of farmworkers who volunteered to fight in World War I for a cause about which they knew little, Nicholas Mansfield attempts to reconcile academic research into aspects of labour history with the patriotism and latent conservatism of many working class families.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Mansfield, Mansfield Nicholas
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.2001
• EAN: 9780754602972
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-0297-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 612 g
• Series: Studies in Labour History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; England, European History, First World War, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Rural communities, Trade Unions, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Sociology: work & labour, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology: work and labour, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / Unions, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I