Rise and fall of Working Class people

 

Historian and Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, Selina Todd in Snakes and Ladders narrates several personal stories of servants’ children who became the clerks in Victorian Britain and mangers made redundant by the 2008 financial crash, travelling up or down the social ladder and reveals 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. She also introduces several unsung heroes who created more room at the top among them adult educators, feminists and trade unionists, whose achievement unleashed the hidden talents of thousands of people.

Amid political crisis, by creating greater opportunities for all to thrive we can ensure the survival of our society.

 

Snakes and Ladders: The Great Social Mobility Myth, by Selina Todd, Penguin