Title Labouring Classes in Early Industrial England, 1750-1850, The

Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (754 pages) Series Themes In British Social History Themes in British social history. Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of tables; Preface; Introduction: perspectives and problems; Political Dimensions: The French Revolution; The Labour Force: Changes in Structure and in Scale; Female and Child Labour; Urbanisation; Proletarianisation: The Growth of Wage Labour; References and Notes; Part One: Material Conditions; 1. The standard of living; The Problem; References and Notes; 2. Working-class consumption; Diet; Changes in the Consumption of Cereals, Meat, Fish and Tea; General Conclusion The Experience of the Working-Class CustomerClothing; Watches; References and Notes; 3. Housing; Rural Housing; Overcrowding; Miners' Housing; The Towns; The Housing of Manufacturing and Similar Workers before the Industrial Revolution; Types of Urban Working-Class Housing in the Nineteenth Century; Employer-Provided Housing; References and Notes; Part Two: Work; 4. The wage and its form; Manufacturing and Mining; The Form of the Wage and the Intensity of Labour; References and Notes; 5. Labour intensity, work discipline and health; The New Discipline Work and Health: The Occupational Pathology of the Eighteenth CenturyHealth in Factory and Mine; References and Notes; Part Three: Community; 6. Community; Occupation, Community and Class; Community and Social Order; Religion; References and Notes; 7. The family; The Family and the Factory; Women's Work Outside the Home; Domestic Deficiencies?; Conclusion; References and Notes; 8. Sentiment and sex: the feelings of the working classes; Courtship and Sex; Sentiment Towards Children; References and Notes; 9. Popular recreation; Popular Recreations in the Nineteenth Century The Loss of Space and TimeReferences and Notes; 10. Education for the labouring classes; Educational Provision before 1815; Provision, Attendance and Curriculum; Education as Social Control; Sunday Schools; References and Notes; Part Four: Responses; 11. Trade unionism before 1825; The Eighteenth-Century Origins; Trade Unions Under Attack: 1800 To 1825; Woollen and Worsted Workers; Trade Unions, Machinery and the Repeal of Apprenticeship; References and Notes; 12. The repeal of the Combination Acts and the aftermath; Trade Unionism 1825 to 1834; References and Notes 13. Post-1834: craft unionism, miners and ChartismAn Era of 'Careful' Unionism?; Chartism and the Unions; The 'General Strike' of 1842; The Miners' Association; References and Notes; 14. The protesting crowd: riots and disturbances; The English Food Riots; Agricultural Labourers and Protest; The east Anglian riots of 1816 and 1822.; The Agricultural Labourers' Riots of 1830-1; The Aftermath of Swing; Luddism: Machine-Breaking in The French War Years; The west Country Shearmen; The Luddite Disturbances; Interpreting Luddism; References and Notes; Conclusion: class and class consciousness Summary This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of current research on the social conditions, experiences and reactions of working people during the period 1750 - 1850 Notes Class Formation and Consciousness Print version record Subject Industries -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Industries -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Working class -- England -- History -- 18th century Working class -- England -- History -- 19th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Industries Social conditions Working class SUBJECT England -- Social conditions -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043316 England -- Social conditions -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043315 Subject England Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781317871965 1317871960

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