Family and Class in a London Suburb.

by Peter Willmott, Michael Dunlop Young

An anthropological study that compares a central London neighborhood with a London suburb in terms of family and community life, mobility, social status, and social interaction. The main sources of the authors' information were sample interviews from the two populaces. The main themes of this book are the differences between the London suburb and the East End, and the differences between the middle and working-class residents.

Genres: Sociology, London

202 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1960

Reviews

[Samuel Weiss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Willmott and Young mourn the clearance of East-End slumbs and the subsequent transfer of the population to the boring and sterile suburb, despite the fact that many of the East-End houses had no running water and had to share a toilet. Useful to read to understnad left-wing mentality, as an opposition to bourgeois norms, in addition to serving as a exploration of housing policy.