TY  - BOOK
AU  - Todd,Selina
TI  - Snakes and ladders: the great British social mobility myth 
SN  - 9781784740818
U1  - 305.5130941 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  -  London
PB  -  Chatto & Windus
KW  - Social mobility
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Social classes
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - From servants' children who became clerks in Victorian Britain, to managers made redundant by the 2008 financial crash, travelling up or down the social ladder has been a fact of British life for more than a century. Drawing on hundreds of personal stories, Snakes and Ladders tells the hidden history of how people have really experienced that social mobility - both upwards and down. It shows how a powerful elite on the top rungs have clung to their perch and prevented others ascending. It also introduces the unsung heroes who created more room at the top - among them adult educators, feminists and trade unionists, whose achievements unleashed the hidden talents of thousands of people. --
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