Download or read book The Blackcoated Worker written by David Lockwood and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pioneering study of British clerical workers--their aspirations, views of themselves, and relationships to manual workers and the Trade Union movement--documents how the development of class consciousness and trade unionism reflected changes in their economic position and social status. The second edition includes a new introduction bringing the work up to date.