to explore how the politics of class, gender and race were constructed in the worlds of work and leisure in Britain and the USA in the twentieth century

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to examine in a sustained way economic and social developments in two industrial societies, Britain and the USA, across the twentieth century, through investiga

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The differences in working practices and conditions in selected occupations across time, and the factors which shaped those differences.

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The economic and political explanations for the declining influence of trade unions after 1979

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The importance of gender and racial differences in work and labour

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The changing character of work and industrial relations in post-war Britain.

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The changing ideas about trade unions and industrial relations in post-war Britain.

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The comparative relationships between Labour and Conservative governments and trade unions.

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The impact of the Second World War on work, workers and labour organisations.

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To evaluate critically the interplay between government policy and economic and social change in the contexts of employment and industrial relations

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