ABSTRACT

First published in 1998. This is Volume XXI, the final of the twenty-one in the Race, Class and Social Structure series and takes as its subject the general notions raised by a series of studies of working class communities in Yorkshire in Northern England. This book is an attempt to exemplify why these voices matter, why we should hear them. They are all working-class voices. Following their leads, the author seeks a dozen ways to define the qualities, good or bad, of working-class life: the styles of living that it offers us.

chapter Chapter One|2 pages

Voices

chapter Chapter Two|18 pages

Styles of Living

chapter Chapter Three|18 pages

Brass Bands

chapter Chapter Four|30 pages

At the Club

chapter Chapter Five|30 pages

In the Mill

chapter Chapter Six|12 pages

On the Bowling Green

chapter Chapter Seven|9 pages

Riot

chapter Chapter Eight|12 pages

Jazz Club

chapter Chapter Nine|15 pages

School Ends

chapter Chapter Ten|20 pages

Change and Community

chapter Chapter Eleven|11 pages

Some Proposals