In Defence of White Freedom:Working Men’s Clubs and the Politics of Sociability in Late Industrial England

Schofield, Camilla (2022) In Defence of White Freedom:Working Men’s Clubs and the Politics of Sociability in Late Industrial England. Twentieth Century British History. ISSN 0955-2359 (In Press)

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Abstract

While ongoing discrimination in jobs, welfare and housing in 1970s England belied the social democratic promise of ‘equality of opportunity’ and the much-touted British value of ‘fair play,’ racism at the door of the working men’s club told a different story. For reactionaries and liberals alike, it spoke to the uncertain future of working-class politics in late industrial England. This article shows how the legal and political controversy surrounding whites-only working men's clubs contributes to the history of ‘white working class’ as a political subject in British public life. Even more, it reveals how some club members in 1970s England came to invest whiteness itself with feelings of intimacy, kinship, respectability and independence.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	white working class,race,deindustrialisation,discrimination,british politics,trade unions,history,sociology and political science,sdg 10 - reduced inequalities,sdg 8 - decent work and economic growth ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1202
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of History
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	28 Apr 2023 09:30
Last Modified:	28 Apr 2023 09:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/91897
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