Revisiting Robert Tressell's Mugsborough: New Perspectives on The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
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Chapter 2: “A Book That Belongs to Everyone”: Curating the Manuscript and Making It Accessible by Christine Coates

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The Trades Union Congress and the Manuscript

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Preserving and Digitising the Manuscript

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Chapter 3: “In the Shadows of a Legend”: Women and the Production of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Julie Cairnie

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Women’s Suffrage and TRTP

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A Trio of Women

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Jessie Pope: “Independent Woman”

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Jacquie Ball: Fred Ball’s Nora

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Kathleen Noonan: A Difficult Informant

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Part II:New Contexts for Reading The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

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Chapter 4: “[F]rom the Cradle to the Grave”: Bodies, Class, and Masculinities in The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Julie Cairnie

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Historical Context: The South African War and the White Working Class

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Life Stages: “[F]rom the Cradle to the Grave”

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Owen and Belcher: Thin Socialist and Fat Capitalist

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