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Class and Consequence

Class and Consequence

by David Watkins (Author)

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    Hardcover 2007

    $4.82
Synopsis

Hugh leaves school at the age of 12 to face a life of hard toil and exploitation, firstly working as a farm labourer, then working in the mines, followed by the horrific trenches of the First World War. Hearing Keir Hardy speak inspires him to hope for better things for the working class.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 328
 Publisher: Book Guild Ltd
Published: 25 Jan 2007
ISBN 10: 1846240530
ISBN 13: 9781846240539

Author Bio
David Watkins was born in Bristol of Anglo-Welsh parentage. After starting his career in politics as a Bristol City Councillor, he served as MP for Consett, Co. Durham from 1966 to 1983. David Watkins was director of the Council for Arab-British Understanding for seven years and a board member for a further fourteen. He was a founding Trustee of the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians. Since the age of sixteen he has been a member of the trade union AMICUS, and is a long-time member of the Labour Party and the Fabian Society. David Watkin's previous book, Seventeen Years in Obscurity: Memoirs from the Back Benches, was published by Book Guild in 1996.