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The Road to Wigan Pier

by George Orwell

Poverty and work in industrial England

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Poverty and work in industrial England

George Orwell examines life in England’s coal-mining communities during the Great Depression, focusing on workers’ wages, housing and working conditions. The book’s account draws on Orwell’s research experiences and places unemployment and working-class life within the wider social conditions of industrial Britain. Its subject is the material reality of poverty: how people lived and worked in communities shaped by coal mining.

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  • Readers interested in social history and working-class life in Britain.
  • Readers seeking nonfiction about poverty, unemployment and industrial communities.
  • Readers studying coal-mining communities and labor conditions.

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Poverty and unemploymentWorking-class lifeCoal mining and labor conditionsIndustrial Britain

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Book overview

The Road to Wigan Pier offers an in-depth examination of socio-economic conditions in the coal-mining communities of England's industrial areas, including detailed analysis of workers' wages, living conditions, and working environments. Orwell was profoundly influenced by his experiences while researching.An unflinching look at unemployment and life among the working classes in Britain during the Great Depression.
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