For working-class life writers in nineteenth century Britain, happiness was a multifaceted emotion: a concept that could describe experiences of hedonic pleasur

The Condition of the Working Class in England is one of the best-known works of Friedrich Engels. Originally written in German as Die Lage der arbeitenden Klass

In this insightful new study, Andrew August examines the British working class in the period when Britain became a mature industrial power, working men and wome