John Burnett (2) (1925–2006)

Auteur van Useful Toil: Autobiographies of Working People from the 1820s to the 1920s

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John Burnett is Emeritus Professor, Brunel University. His research interests are mainly in nineteenth- and twentieth-century social history, especially in the history of food and drink, housing, unemployment, the cost and standard of living and working class autobiographical history. He was toon meer Chairman of the Social History Society of the UK from 1985-1990. He is the author of nine books and co-editor of two, including Plenty and Want: A Social History of Food in England from 1815 to the Present Day (1st edition 1966) and Liquid Pleasures: A Social History of Drinks in Modern Britain (1999); Winner of the Andre Simon First Prize, 2000; shortlisted for the Guild of Food Writers Award. toon minder

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Useful Toil: Autobiographies of Working People from the 1820s to the 1920s (1974) — Redacteur — 81 exemplaren

Plenty and want : a social history of diet in England from 1815 to the present day (1750) 55 exemplaren

Destiny Obscure: Autobiographies of Childhood, Education and Family From the 1820s to the 1920s (Modern British… (1982) 38 exemplaren

A Social History of Housing, 1815-1985 (1978) 27 exemplaren

A History of the Cost of Living (1969) 25 exemplaren

Liquid Pleasures: A Social History of Drinks in Modern Britain (1999) 15 exemplaren

England Eats Out: A Social History of Eating Out in England from 1830 to the Present (2004) 10 exemplaren

Idle Hands: The Experience of Unemployment, 1790-1990 (Modern British History) (1994) 8 exemplaren

001: The Autobiography of the Working Class: An Annotated Critical Bibliography, 1790-1900 (1984) 7 exemplaren

The annals of labour; autobiographies of British working-class people, 1820-1920 (1974) 7 exemplaren

The New Illustrated History of the World: The Nineteenth Century 2 exemplaren

the Hamlyn history of the world in colour volume sixteen The challenge of the nineteenth century (1969) 2 exemplaren

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Geboortedatum: 1925-12-20
Overlijdensdatum: 2006-11-05
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: UK
Geboorteplaats: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Opleiding: High Pavement School, Nottingham, England, UK
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
London University
London School of Economics
Beroepen: professor
historian
Organisaties: Guildford Technical College
Borough Polytechnic
Brunel University
Social History Society
Brunel All-Stars jazz band

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Plenty and want : a social history of diet in… door John Burnett

An excellent study of the diet of the English, concentrated on the last three centuries.

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carterchristian1 | Apr 26, 2011 |

Useful toil; autobiographies of working people from… door John Burnett

Vivid accounts of ordinary peoples' lives from the Victorian period. Being diaries and reminiscences these bring to shocking life the everyday toil and difficulties of the working class during this time of increasing industrialisation, far more than the Reports of Inquiry etc on wwhich most histories are based.

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antisyzygy | Feb 26, 2011 |

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