Useful Toil: Autobiographies Of Working People From The 1820S To The 1920S
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: Repring
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair. Jacket: Good. Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: none. Binding: Intact.
Useful Toil: Autobiographies of Working People from the 1820s to the 1920s, edited by John Burnett, presents a remarkable collection of first-person accounts drawn from ordinary British men and women who lived through a century of dramatic social and industrial change. The anthology chronicles the lives of domestic servants, factory hands, miners, agricultural labourers, and tradespeople, giving authentic voice to those who are so often absent from conventional historical records. Burnett organises these personal narratives with scholarly care, providing context that illuminates the broader economic and social conditions of Victorian and Edwardian Britain. The result is a deeply human document — at once a work of social history and a testament to the resilience, wit, and dignity of the working class.
Author: John Burnett
Format: Hardback
Published: 1976, Allen Lane / Penguin
Genre: Biography
Edition: Repring
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair. Jacket: Good. Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: none. Binding: Intact.
Useful Toil: Autobiographies of Working People from the 1820s to the 1920s, edited by John Burnett, presents a remarkable collection of first-person accounts drawn from ordinary British men and women who lived through a century of dramatic social and industrial change. The anthology chronicles the lives of domestic servants, factory hands, miners, agricultural labourers, and tradespeople, giving authentic voice to those who are so often absent from conventional historical records. Burnett organises these personal narratives with scholarly care, providing context that illuminates the broader economic and social conditions of Victorian and Edwardian Britain. The result is a deeply human document — at once a work of social history and a testament to the resilience, wit, and dignity of the working class.