{"product_id":"9781035015122","title":"Underdogs : The Truth About Britain's White Working Class by Budd, Joel","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Budd, Joel \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSocial \u0026amp; cultural history\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 17 April 2025 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e234 x 153 | 0g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderdogs is a compelling, myth-busting account of white working-class Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Few books bring so much fresh thinking to tired arguments' - Robert Ford, author of BrexitlandNo large group of people in Britain is as badly misunderstood as the white working class. Its members have been caricatured as grumpy and backward-looking, as incorrigibly xenophobic, even racist '“ a tired and simplistic narrative perpetuated by commentators and the media. The truth is entirely different.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty years ago, almost nobody talked about the white working class: in the House of Commons and the House of Lords the term had been used just three times in the previous two decades. Brexit helped to turn the group into a towering social and political force. But, in the aftermath, one-third of the population has been reduced to a cartoon. A shrewder analysis is badly needed. Underdogs provides it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVeteran Economist journalist Joel Budd has spent years travelling around Britain, from Teesside to the Isle of Wight, south Wales to Lincolnshire. In Underdogs he offers a sharp corrective to the familiar stereotype of the white working class. It describes a hugely diverse group of people that is driving social and cultural change, not just grumbling about it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Nook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55487124078973,"sku":"9781035015122","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/6525\/8945\/files\/9781035015122_d9865dbc-d2c9-4d33-802e-c82b7f658d94.jpg?v=1741715217","url":"https:\/\/www.booknookshop.co.uk\/es\/products\/9781035015122","provider":"The Book Nook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}