{"product_id":"artisan-elite-in-victorian-society","title":"Artisan Elite in Victorian Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1978. Mid-Victorian Britain was relatively stable in comparison with the turbulent period that preceded it, and that stability is in part explained by the emergence of an artisan elite with a specific relationship to the society around it. This book examines that elite: its clubs and societies, co-operatives and building societies; its values and ideology, challenging the notion that these artisans directly absorbed middle-class values; its politics, tracing the evolution from Chartism through the Reform League and on to a radical liberalism which existed in constant tension with the local liberal middle class. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA careful reconstruction of the social, political and industrial life of these artisans is set within the context of the local communities, and their understanding of the mid-Victorian society in which they lived is seen as the explanation for their values and activities. This title makes a major contribution towards our understanding of the nineteenth-century working class. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54238704828760,"sku":"9781138647114","price":49.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138647114_3ea4b732-11db-4ab9-9011-2fcae1250a0e.jpg?v=1769252454","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/artisan-elite-in-victorian-society","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}