An Irish Working Class
Explorations in Political Economy and Hegemony, 1800-1950
Marilyn Silverman(Author)
University of Toronto Press
Published on 20. October 2001
Book
Hardback
560 pages
978-0-8020-3531-8 (ISBN)
Description
Among the topics essential for understanding the dynamics of capitalism, colonialism and state formation are the political economy and culture of those people who contributed their labour. In constructing the social history of workers in Thomastown, southeastern Ireland, "An Irish Working Class" contributes to this endeavour and to Irish Studies, European historical ethnography, and the anthropology of working class life. Stemming from Marilyn Silverman's 20-year academic involvement with Ireland (from which came a previous book, "Merchants and Shopkeepers", co-written with colleague P.H. Gulliver), this work combines data from archival research, interviews and participant observation to create a study of labourers' lives between 1800 and 1950. Political anthropology, Gramscian approaches to hegemony, and the work of social historians on class experience all inform Silverman's perspective in this volume.
Silverman explores the complex and changing consciousness, politics and social relations of those who were employed in the mills, tanneries, artisanal shops and retail outlets and on the landed estates, farms and public works projects which typified this highly differentiated locality. Using ethnographic research methods and offering direct quotation, combined with data from local archives, the National Library and National Archives in Dublin, Silverman shows how the focus on a particular locality is important for understanding global processes in both the past and present.
Silverman explores the complex and changing consciousness, politics and social relations of those who were employed in the mills, tanneries, artisanal shops and retail outlets and on the landed estates, farms and public works projects which typified this highly differentiated locality. Using ethnographic research methods and offering direct quotation, combined with data from local archives, the National Library and National Archives in Dublin, Silverman shows how the focus on a particular locality is important for understanding global processes in both the past and present.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
With printed dust jacket
Illustrations
Illustrations, 3 maps
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 42 mm
Weight
926 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8020-3531-8 (9780802035318)
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